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spots and irregularly shaped markings of dark brown are scattered over 
the entire surface, but are more numerous on the larger end. 
‘A resident species, usually met with about small fresh-water streams 
in the interior.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
96. AEGIALITIS PERONI (Bonaparte). 
MALAY SAND PLOVER, 
Charadrius peront BONAPARTE, Compt. Rend. (1856), 43, 417. 
Myialitis peroni SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 273; Hand- 
List (1899), 1, 154; GRANT and WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1898), 247, pl. 6, 
fig. 8 (egg); Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1902), 2, 25; McGrecor and 
WorcesTeR, Hand-List (1906), 23. 
Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (McGregor) ; Bohol (Everett) ; Calayan (Me- 
Gregor) ; Cebu (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor) ; Leyte (Hverett); Lubang (Mc- 
Gregor); Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Mindanao (Steere Hap., Everett) ; 
Mindoro (Porter); Negros (Steere Exp.); Palawan (Lempriere, Whitehead, 
Platen) ; Romblon (McGregor) ; Sibutu (Hverett); Sibuyan (McGregor) ; Siqui- 
jor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor). Greater Sunda 
Islands to Celebes. 
“Adult male.—Above light ashy brown, darker on rump and central 
upper tail-coverts; sides of rump and lateral upper tail-coverts pure 
white; wing-coverts like the back, with a band of dark sepia-brown 
along marginal coverts; greater coverts broadly tipped with white; alula 
and primary-coverts dark brown, with white tips, the shafts conspicuously 
white ; inner primaries white toward base of outer web; secondaries dark 
brown, white at ends of outer web, increasing in extent toward the 
innermost ; long inner secondaries like the back; four center tail-feathers 
dark brown, next pair smoky brown, next pair white with a little smoky 
brown at the ends, remainder pure white; crown rufous, with a nuchal 
collar of pure white, this collar followed by a broad black band on hind 
neck overspreading mantle; forehead white, reaching to above eye and 
separated from rufous of crown by a tolerably broad band of black; a 
distinct loral streak of black; sides of face and ear-coverts with a black 
band along upper margin of the latter; cheeks and under surface pure 
white, with a large black patch on each side of fore neck; under wing- 
coverts and axillars white; quills below ashy gray. ‘Bill black, orange at 
base; feet gray, claws black; iris warm chocolate-brown; orbital ring 
pure orange.’ (Hverett.) Length, about 150; culmen, 16; wing, 95; 
tail, 39; tarsus, 27; middle toe with claw, 20. 
“Adult female.—Similar to the male, but without the black band across 
forehead ; black on mantle and hind neck represented by dark brown 
mixed with rufous; black patch at the side of fore neck replaced by dark 
brown mixed with rufous, with a tinge of the latter color spreading 
across fore neck. ‘Bill black, base yellowish; feet purplish gray; iris 
dark brown.’ (Hverett.) Length, 140; culmen, 16; wing, 102; tail, 
08 ; tarsus; 27. 
