mHABITING THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 227 



-iEgialitis, Boie. 



161. ^GIALITIS GEOFFKOTI. 



Charadrius geoffroyi, Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 61, no. 19, " Pondicheny, Java" (1827) ; Harting, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 378, pi. 11. 



Stated by Mr. Harting {I. c), on Cuming's authority, to inhabit the Philippines. 



162. ^GIALITIS DUBU. 



Le petit Pluvier a collier de Luqon, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 84, pi. 46, " Lucon." 



Charadrius dubius, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 93, no. 81 (1786), ex Sonn. ; Walden, Tr. 



Zool. Soc. viii. p. 89. 

 Charadrius alexandrinus , Hasselq., var. S, Gm. S. N. i. p. 684, no. 2, ex Sonn. 

 Charadrius philippinus , Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 745, no. 11 (1790), ex Sonn. 

 Charadrius curonicns, Beseke, =minor, Meyer, v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 26, no. 146. 



Philippiae examples have still to be compared with the ^. minutus (Pall.), ap. Jerdon, 

 of India. 



Von Heuglin, in his great work (Ornithologie Nordostafrikas, p. 1029, no. 753), 

 identifies Soimerat's petit Pluvier de I'isle de Ltipon with C. curonicus, but with doubt 

 adopts as synonyms C. dubius, Scop., and C. philippinus, Lath., titles founded on 

 Sonnerat's description and plate. 



163. .SgIALITIS MONGOLICA. 



CAorarfWiw more^rote, Pallas, Reisen Russischen Reicbs, iii. p. 700, no. 29, "Mongolia," (1776); 

 Harting, Ibis, 1870, p. 384; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Cnrsores, p. 41. 



Hab. Philippines (Cuming). 



CEdicnenin^. 

 EsAcus, Lesson. 



164. EsACUS MAGNIROSTRIS. 



CEdicnemus magnirostris, Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, Vieill. N. Diet, xxiii. p. 231 (1818), nee Latham; 

 Cassin, Un. St. Expl. Exped. p. 329; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 91. 



Hab. Common ia the Philippine and Sooloo Islands (Pea/e). 



