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below the eye extending above the ear-coverts; cheeks white, extending in 
a line along base of upper mandible and forming a streak in front-of eye; 
fore part of cheeks black; chin and throat white; lower throat ashy brown, 
streaked with darker brown, as also the sides of neck; breast pale ashy ; 
remainder of the under surface white with a slight tawny tinge; under 
tail-coverts tawny-buff ; under wing-coverts and axillars white. ‘Base of 
bill sulphur-yellow, continued along the sides of upper mandible above 
nostrils ; remainder of bill black; tibia lemon-yellow; tarsi and feet wine- 
yellow; upper ridges of scales of toes lead-color ; eyelids primrose-yellow ; 
iris pale yellow.’ (Gould.) Length, about 483; culmen, 76; wing, 274; 
tail, 109; tarsus, 84. 
“Adult female—Similar to the male in color. Length, about 508; 
culmen, 71; wing, 269; tail, 109; tarsus, 83. 
“Young.—Two specimens from the Duke of York Island and Gua- 
daleanar are apparently immature, having the feathers of the upper sur- 
face tipped with sandy buff, especially on the wing-coverts, where the 
white band on the median series is not so defined as in the adults, but 
showing a broader band of brown-tipped feathers below. There is, how- 
ever, a second white band formed by the white tips to the greater wing- 
coverts, and it is somewhat curious that this should be a sign of im- 
maturity.” (Sharpe.) 
The stone plover is remarkable for its large and powerful bill. It is 
rare in the Philippine Islands and so far as observed it is found on sea- 
beaches where it subsists upon sand-crabs. 
Order GRUIFORMES. 
CRANES. 
Very large; bill moderate, straight, and somewhat compressed, rather 
blunt; nostrils large, elongated, and pervious, situated half way between 
tip and base of bill; neck very long, its upper part and the head clothed 
with few, hair-like feathers; wing rounded; secondaries longer than 
primaries; tail short and soft; legs very long; toes stout; hind toe short 
and elevated. 
Suborder GRUES. 
Family GRUIDA. 
‘Characters same as those given for the Order. 
Genus ANTIGONE Reichenbach, 1852. 
Characters same as those given for the Order. 
