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feet, and claws black; iris dark hazel.’ (Seebohm.) Length, 267; cul- 
men, 33; wing, 206; tail, 74; tats, 46. 
“Adult female in breeding plumage.—Above, not so strongly mottled 
with black as the male, and consequently rather browner, especially on the 
head; black of face and under parts not so much developed, these parts 
being mottled with irregular black markings. Length, 279; culmen, 33; 
wing, 203; tail, 74; tarsus, 46. 
“Adult in winter plumage.—Differs from the summer plumage chiefly 
in wanting the black on face and breast, but, from the absence of black 
mottling on the back, the whole upper surface appears more uniform, 
being ashy brown with narrow whitish edgings to the feathers, before 
which is a blackish subterminal shade; lores white, but base of forehead 
like crown; a line of white above and below eye, but the white eyebrow 
scarcely visible above the ear-coverts, which are dingy blackish; sides of 
face white, streaked with dusky; throat and under parts pure white, 
lower throat and fore neck pale ashy brown, slightly mottled with dusky 
markings; under wing-coverts white, except the lower primary-coverts, 
which are dusky ashy; axillars black. 
“Young.—Like the winter plumage of the adults, and always to be 
distinguished from the golden plover by the black axillars, though it is 
spangled with golden buff on the upper surface, as is the latter species.” 
( Sharpe.) 
The gray plover, known as the black-bellied plover in the United 
States, is found along the seashore in small numbers during the winter 
months. As seen in the Philippines it is usually in the gray plumage 
but as with its very near relative, the golden plover, individuals having 
the breast mottled with black are not uncommon. 
Genus CHARADRIUS Linneus, 1758. 
This genus differs from Squatarola in being smaller and in lacking the- 
hind-toe. 
91. CHARADRIUS FULVUS Gmelin. 
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER. 
Charadrius fuluus GMELIN, Syst. Nat. (1788), 1, 167; Oares, Bds. Brit. 
Burmah (1883), 2, 364; McGrecor and WorcrEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 
22: 
Charadrius dominicus SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 195 
(part); Hand-List (1899), 1, 152 (part); Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs 
(1902), 2, 18 (part). 
Ca-sa-huit’, Calayan; ma-tang-vd-ca, Manila. 
Balabac’ (Steere, Steere Exp.); Bantayatn (McGregor); Basilan (McGregor) ; 
Batan (McGregor); Bohol (Hverett); Calamianes (Bowrns €& Worcester); Ca- 
layan (McGregor); Cebu (Everett, McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Fuga (Me- 
Gregor) ; Leyte (Everett) ; Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Cuming, Meyer, Everett, 
Heriot, Whitehead, McGregor); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 
Mindanao (Murray, Everett, Steere Exp. Bourns & Worcester, Celestino) ; Min- 
