Birds of Celebes: Oharadriidae. 
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first ; then the quills on arrival in its winter quarters, in August — November, or about the 
same time if it spends the summer there ; and finally the feathers of the upper parts. 
Eggs. Cream-yellow, blotched chiefly at the larger end with pitch-black: size 35.5 x 25.4 mm 
(Harting — Madagascar). Some eggs described from Formosa by Swinhoe (cl 1) 
as those of Charadrkis longipes are almost certainly those of this species, as was first 
supposed by Seebohm (Ibis 1879, 154) and Legge (13j and afterwards confirmed 
by comparison with TTarting’s specimens. Four in number (Swinhoe d 1). 
Nest. A loose nest of dried grasses and fibres placed in a hollow (Swinhoe d 1 — from the 
south-west marshy plains of Formosa). 
Distribution. Asia, except (as yet) Siberia; Africa, East Coast from Egypt to Central Africa 
(Emin a 15) and the Cape, also Benguela; Madagascar, the Seychelles, Mauritius; 
East India Islands; Australia; N. W. Polynesia; Em-ope — a rare straggler (cf. 
Dresser Xl\ Legge 13\ Hartlaub a 4\ Milne-Ed. & Grandid. a 6: Salvadori 
17, 44\ Sharpe f 1\ Ramsay 34\ Wiglesworth 45); India (Blyth 17, Hume 3, c 3, 
etc.); Ceylon (Legge 75); Laccadive Is. (Hume 7); Andamans, Nicobars (Hume & 
Davison c 2); Christmas Island. (Lister a 77); Burmah (Oates 75); Tenasserim 
(Armstrong 75); Malay Peninsula (Hume 12, Kelham 74); China (Swinh. d 1, 17, 
David 8); Japan (Whitely II, a 75); Formosa (Swinhoe 17, d I'y, Hainan (Styan 
a 20y, Philippines (Cuming 17, Everett 75‘‘“, etc.); Borneo (Diard, etc., a 3, 38); 
Smnatra (S. Miiller a 3, Horner a 3); Nias (Modigliani 28); Java (Kuhl & 
v. Hasselt a 5); Sumba (ten Kate a 17); Flores (Wallace 77); Timor (Wallace 
77, ten Kate a 16); Celebes — Gorontalo Distr. (Meyer el, Riedel 27), Minahassa 
(Guillemard 23, etc.), Macassar and Goa (Weber a Iff); Sangi Islands — Gt. Sangi 
(Bruijn 6), Siao (Nat. Coll, in Dresd. Mus.); Talaut Is. — Kabruaiig (iid. ib.); 
Peling (iid. 55); Moluccas — Morty, Halmahera, Ternate, Batchian, Buru, Ceram, 
Amboina (Salvadori 77, 44); Papuasia — Timorlaut, Waigiou, ?Mysol, Salawatti, 
New Guinea, Aru (Salvadori 77, 44); Northern Australia (Ramsay 54); Pelew Is. 
(Semper 45); Carolines — Kiishai (Lesson 45). 
The present species as regards its geographical range may be compared 
with the Eastern Golden Plover, Charadrius fulvus, except that it occrurs neither 
so far north nor south, not being recorded as yet from Siberia or Mongolia by 
Taezanowski and Prjevalsky, nor from S. Australia, Tasmania or N. Zealand. 
Like Charadrius fulvus, it has straggled to Europe, a specimen being recorded 
by Giglioli from Italy, though Temminck’s supposed Russian example re- 
mains doubtful (25). Like C. fulvus also, the main body of individuals are 
migratory, but many remain in the tropics throughout the year, and the breed- 
ing of this species in Madagascar (15) may be compared with the breeding of 
C. fulvus in New Caledonia and New Zealand. In Celebes the bird appears 
to be present all the year, for Meyer obtained it at Limbotto in July; but 
this example is in winter plumage. In Malacca it is found in great numbers, 
according to Kelham, during the N. E. monsoon (winter). In Palawan Whitehead 
observed it arriving in flocks about the middle of August and speaks of it as 
the commonest winter visitor to Labuan, where it remains “late enough to attain 
its full summer plumage”. According to Mr. De La Touche, it passes through 
South China on migration; where these individuals breed remains to be dis- 
covered. As has been made evident by Seebohm and Harting, it was the 
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