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PHILIPPINE PLOVER. 
(Charadrius Philippensis.) 
Cn.yhscus, reginne oculnrum torque colH cauddqiie nigris, Jronte 
corpore suhtus rectricihusque apice nlbis. 
Brown Plover, with the space round the eyes, collar on the 
neck, and tail, black ; the forehead, body beneath, and tips of 
the tail-feathers, white. 
Charadrius Philippensis, hath. Ind. Orn. 2- ^45. 11. 
Petit Pluvier a collier de Lu^on, Sonrier. Voy. Ind. 84. pi. 40. 
Alexandrine Plover. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 205. 9 . e. 
This bird is described and figured by Sonnerat : 
it is about the size of a Lark : its beak is black : 
irides yellow : 011 the forehead is a white spot ; 
from thence beyond the eye and the sides black, 
bounded by a brown line, passing across the head 
from one eye to the other : the hind head, nape, 
back, and wings, brown : tail black, tipped with 
white : the throat, fore-part of the neck, and belly, 
white ; this is continued on each side below the 
nape, so as nearly to surround the neck : below 
this is a black collar, passing quite round the 
neck ; legs dusky. This bird inhabits the marshy 
grounds in the island of Lii;fonia, and feeds upon 
insects. 
