58 NEW ZEALAND BIRDS. 



L., 15; W., 10; B., 2'8; T., 375. 



Eyg. — Yellowish-brown, profusely niiirkcfl with dark brown ; length, 1'85 ; breadth, 

 1-25. 



5ai.— Both Islands. 



" It may readily he distinguished from the preeeding species by 

 its darker plumage, and by its somewhat shorter legs. Its habits, 

 however, are similar, excepting that it is less gregarious, associating 

 in pairs rather than flocks, while it appears to prefer the dry shingle- 

 beds to the lagoons and marshy grounds which constitute the 

 favourite feeding-resorts of the other species. It is, moreover, a 

 much rarer bird, although it is generally to be found in all the 

 river-courses of the Wellington Province, and further south." — 



BULLER. 



81. Himantopus albicollis. BnUer. 



WniTE-NECKED StILT. 



Entire head aud neck, with the breast and under-parts, pure white ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts also white; back, scapulars, and upper surface of wings and tail, glossy-black, 

 the inferior primaries and the secondaries tipped with white ; under-surface of wings, 

 black. 



L., 14-25 ; W., 9-25 ; B., 29; T., 3-75. 



Rah. — Both Islands. 



Teinoa. L. 



Bill, rather longer than the head, straight, rather dilated at the tip ; toes, margined on 

 the sides by a membrane ; liind toe, small. 

 All parts of the world. 



82. Tringa canutus. L. 



Knot. 



Above, greyish-brown, slightly streaked with brown ; below, white, spotted with brown 

 on the breast and throat ; upper tail-coverts, white, with circular bars of blackish-brown ; 

 quills, blackish-brown, from the fifth margined on the outer web with white; tail, greyisii- 

 brown ; shafts of the quills and tail-feathers white. (Winter plumage.) 



L., 10-5 ; W., 6-25 ; B., 1-25 ; T., 117. 



Hah. — Both Islands ; Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Europe, North America. 



Gallinago. Leach. 



Bill, long; first and second quills, equal ; tarsi, shorter than the middle toe; hind toe 

 elevated with a long claw. 

 All parts of the world. 



83. Gallinago aucklandica. Oray. 



Native Snipe. 



Above, fulvous, marked with black ; below, fulvous-white, with brown markings on the 

 breast ; a brown stripe from the nostrils under the eye to the back of the head, and another, 

 in an oblique direction, on each cheek. 



L., 9; W., 4-5; B., 2-3; T., 1. 



Sab. — Auckland Islands. 



