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Distribution. — British Isles. — Summer-resident (May- Aug.) and 

 vagrant. Breeds in limited numbers Orkneys, Shetlands, 0. 

 Hebrides, and one locality west of Ireland. Elsewhere vagrant, 

 occurring most frequently (but rarely) south and east coasts England, 

 very rarely- west coast and very rarely Scotland, except at breeding- 

 haunts, and only three times Ireland outside breeding-locality. 

 Exceptionally inland. Usually in autumn, occasionally winter and 

 spring. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Xests in northern regions of both hemi- 

 spheres, though more southward than Grey Phalarope ; breeding as 

 far south as Iceland, Faeroes, central Norway, and south Greenland ; 

 in North America from Alaska to Aleutian Islands, Yukon river, 

 north Mackenzie, central Keewatin, south James Bay, and north 

 Ungava. Migrates through Europe, Asia, and North America to 

 India, Malayan and Moluccan Islands, China and Japan, and in 

 America to Central xA.merica, Bermudas, and occasionally Hawaii. 



HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS 



400. Himantopus himantopus*(L.)— THE BLACK-WINGED 

 STILT. 



Charadrius Himantopus Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 151 (175S — 



S. Europe). 



Himantopus condidus Bonnaterre, Yarrell, iii, p. 30.5 : Saunders, p. 5G3. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Rare vagrant. A good many records 

 but few recent ones. Chiefly in early summer, most south and east 

 coasts, especially Norfolk (about seventeen), and a few inland 

 counties of England. Elsewhere very rare vagrant : Gloucester 

 (one), Wales (one), Cheshire (one), Dumfries (two or three), Clyde 

 (two), Shetlands (one), Orkneys (two), Tay and Moray (old doubtful 

 records), Ireland six occasions. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in suitable localities in south 

 France (delta of Rhone), Spain and Portugal, in Sicih^ Hungary to 

 Black Sea basin and Balkan Peninsula, Cyprus, in many places in 

 Africa, from Marocco, Algeria and Tunisia to south Africa, and in 

 many places in south Asia. Northern birds are migratory, wintering 

 in Africa. 



RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA 



401. Recurvirostra avosetta L.— THE AVOCET. 



Recurvirostra Avosetta Linnams, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 151 (1758 — 



Europe. Restricted typical locality : O eland). 



Recurvirostra avocetta Linnaeus, Yarrell. in, p. 299 ; Saimders, p. 501. 



* Perhaps some of the other recognized species of Stilts were better treated 

 as geographical races, in which case the Black-winged Stilt would have to be 

 referred to trinomially. — E.H. 



