"Young.--Above dusky brown, all the feathers edged with sandy buff or rufous; wings and tail as in the adult; crown dark brown, streaked with sandy buff, the margins of the feathers being of this color; tail-feathers white, with a broad, subterminal band of black, decreasing in extent toward the outermost feathers, all the feathers tipped with sandy buff; throat and under surface white; lower throat, fore neck, sides of neck, and sides of breast, mottled with dusky blackish centers to the feathers, marking the black pattern of the adults, even the semi-lunar neck-band of the adults being indicated by a broad, crescentic band of sandy buff in the young. "Winter plumage of the adult.--Above nearly uniform dusky brown, but not showing the tawny rufous margins to feathers of upper surface, the edges being ashy brown; head uniform brown like the back; hind neck and sides of neck ashy, mottled with dusky centers to the feathers; sides of face brown, with more or less white on ear-coverts; black markings on cheeks and throat as in the breeding bird, but the white semi-lunar band on the sides of the neck replaced by a patch of light brown. "The difference between the winter plumage of the adult and the first full plumage of the young birds consists in the sandy buff margins to the feathers of the upper surface, which are very distinct in the latter at first. Afterwards they become abraded, and then there is scarcely any distinguishing mark between the winter plumages of the adult and young. In the spring the red plumage is very rapidly acquired, and I believe that it is gained quite as much by the change in the pattern of the feathers as by a direct molt." (Sharpe.) "Often seen in small flocks during the winter months." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) Not uncommon on tide-flats in the winter months; it is easily recognized by its bright red legs. Subfamily LOBIVANELLINÆ. Genus MICROSARCOPS Sharpe, 1896. A hard round knob at bend of wing; a small fleshy wattle on each side of head at base of bill; bill plover-like with a decided swelling at the tip; nostril linear in a groove; wing pointed, first and second primaries equal and largest; tarsus long, covered with large hexagonal scales which appear as transverse plates in front; front toes webbed at base; hind toe small. 89. MICROSARCOPS CINEREUS (Blyth). GRAY-HEADED LAPWING. Pluvianus cinerea Blyth, Jour. As. Soc. Bengal (1842), 11, 587. Microsarcops cinereus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 133; Hand-List (1899), 1, 149; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1902), 2, 9; McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 295. Luzon (Guerrero). Korea and southern Japanese islands to Mongolia and northern China; southern China, Indo-Burmese countries, and northeastern Bengal in winter.