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 Charadrius alexandrinus Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, (1758), 1, 150.

 Ægialitis alexandrina Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 275; Hand-List (1899), 1, 154; Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1902), 2, 26; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 24.

Bohol (Everett, Steere Exp.); Calayan (McGregor); Cebu (McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Mindanao (Everett); Palawan (Whitehead, Platen, Everett, Steere Exp.); Panay (Steere Exp.); Siquijor (Steere Exp.); Ticao (McGregor). Europe and central Asia to China and Japan, in winter to Africa, Indian Peninsula, and Australia.

“Adult male in breeding plumage.—Above pale earthy brown, with faint remains of paler margins to the feathers; wing-coverts like back, marginal ones blackish brown, greater series darker brown with a narrow white edging to the tip; alula and primary-coverts dark sepia-brown, the latter fringed with white at the tip; quills sepia-brown, with white shafts to the primaries, which are pale brown on inner web; inner primaries for the most part white toward the base of outer web; secondaries dusky brown with white tips, inner ones also white along the margins of both webs, innermost long secondaries brown like back; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark sepia-brown, lateral ones white, forming a patch on each side; the four center tail-feathers dark sepia-brown, paler toward the base, and having white shafts to the center ones, three outer feathers white, next ones smoky brown, with white shafts; crown ashy brown, washed with light tawny-rufous, especially distinct toward nape; hind neck and sides of neck white, forming a collar; forehead and a distinct eyebrow white, with a broad black band separating white of forehead from brown of crown; eyelid and loral streak black; feathers below the eye and sides of face white, with a black patch on hinder ear-coverts; cheeks and under surface pure white, with a patch of black on each side of chest; under wing-coverts and axillars white; quills below light ashy like the lower primary-coverts. ‘Bill black, with the base of lower mandible of a dusky flesh-color; tarsi dusky, toes darker, claws black; iris brown.’ (Macgillivray.) Length, 165; culmen, 18; wing, 105; tail, 43; middle toe with claw, 18.

“Adult female.—Similar to the male, but with less rufous on the head, this being represented by a tinge over the eye and round the nape; black band on the fore part of crown absent; black patch on each side of the chest represented by a brown patch with a rufous tinge. Length, 165; culmen, 18; wing, 109; tail, 48; tarsus, 28.

“The Kentish plovers which attain their breeding plumage in the plains of India are certainly much brighter in color than any which are seen in Europe. The black forehead and patch at the side of the chest are also strongly developed. Occasionally a rufous tinge overshades the back.

“The adult bird in winter plumage differs from the summer plumage in the entire absence of bright rufous on the head, and the black markings on the face and sides of the breast are also not developed. The head is like the back, the forehead and eyebrow are white, the lores dusky, and there is always a more or less distinct white collar united to the two sides of the neck.

“Young birds in first winter plumage only differ from the adults in having the whole upper surface distinctly marked with pale edges to the feathers.” (Sharpe.)

This plover appears to be a winter visitant to the Philippines and may be found in small flocks along the seashore wherever there are tide-flats. It differs from both Æ. dubia and peroni in being slightly larger and in having an incomplete band on the fore breast.