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PHILIPPINE PLOVER. 

 (Charadrius Philippensis.) 



Ch^Juscus, regione oculorum torque colli cauddque nigris,Jronte 



corpore subtus rectricibusqiie apice albis. 

 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. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2- 745. 11. 

 Petit Pluvier a collier de Lu^on. Sonner. Voy, Ind. 84. pi. 46. 

 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: on 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 Lu^onia, and feeds upon 

 insects. 



