102 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"Adult male. Above light brown, with a slight bronzy gloss; rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and base of ,tail white ; terminal third of tail black, 

 forming a broad band, tips white with a slight subterminal shade of 

 brown, the black band vanishing toward the outer tail-feather, which is 

 entirely white; wing-coverts brown like the back, but a little paler; 

 median coverts with narrow white tips, except the outer ones, which are 

 pure white; greater coverts nearly entirely white, with brown at the 

 extreme base, increasing in extent on the inner ones ; alula dark brown ; 

 primary-coverts and quills black; secondaries pure white; outer ones 

 dusky near the ends, inner ones externally light brown, and innermost 

 brown like the back; crown, nape, and hind neck, as well as side of face 

 and neck, throat, fore neck, and chest light pearly gray, with a narrow 

 black band across the upper breast; chin rather paler gray; remainder 

 of under surface including under wing-coverts and axillars, pure white. 

 'Basal two-thirds of bill deep yellow, terminal third black; feet dull 

 ydlow, claws black; edges of eyelids and lappets deep yellow/ (Oates.) 

 Length, 355 ; culmen, 35 ; wing, 239 ; tail, 102 ; tarsus, 67. 



"Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage. Length, 368; cul- 

 men, 35; wing, 239; tail, 107; tarsus, 68. 



"Adult in winter. Differs from the summer plumage in having the 

 gray of head and throat washed with brown, especially on the chest; the 

 black band obscured by ashy or whitish tips to the feathers." (Sharpe.) 



Young male in winter. Upper parts brown with a slight gloss, the 

 feathers with dusky shafts ; forehead and neck a trifle lighter and grayer ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail white, rectrices with a subterminal, blackish 

 band which is widest on central pair and absent from outermost pair; 

 chin whitish; throat, and sides of head and neck, light brown with 

 whitish streaks; breast brown, rest of under parts white; wing-coverts 

 brown like the back but a little paler, median coverts with narrow white 

 tips, except the outer ones which are pure white; greater coverts nearly 

 entirely white, with brown at extreme base, increasing in extent on inner 

 ones; alula dark brown; primary-coverts and quills black; secondaries 

 white, the inner ones externally light brown and the innermost brown 

 like the back. 



This lapwing resembles a large plover, but is distinguished by having 

 a small hind toe, a short and blunt wing-spur, and a small, fleshy wattle 

 or lappet between the eye and the base of bill. The only Philippine 

 specimen known was taken near Manila in January, 1906. 



Subfamily CHARADRIINyE. 



Bill moderate, not longer than head, culmen flat and straight from 

 base to the terminal swollen dertrum ; first primary slightly the longest ; 

 tarsus covered on all sides with small hexagonal scales; toes webbed at 

 base; hind toe minute or absent. 



