6. STILTIA. 51 



becoming sandy-coloured towards the nape ; lores and base of 

 forehead also white ; followed by a broad eyebrow of creamy white ; 

 ear-coverts rufous-brown, with a streak of black below the eye ; 

 cheeks and throat buffy white, followed by a patch of chestnut- 

 brown on the lower throat ; this is followed by a band of white, 

 circled by a fringe of blackish brown, and succeeded on the fore-neck 

 by a broad band of brown ; this is followed in its turn by a second 

 band of white, below which is another less distinct brown shade on 

 which are sub-terminal lines of black ; remainder of under surface 

 of body creamy white, including tho under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries ; the flanks and under wing-coverts with a rufescent tinge, 

 with patches of black near the edge of the wing ; the greater series 

 black edged with white : " bill yellow at base, horny at the tip ; 

 feel, pale fleshy yellow; iris dark brown" (T. C. Jerdon). Total 

 length 10 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 6-65, tail 2-25, tarsus 2-25. 

 Hab. Central India. 



a. cjad.sk. Badrachallum, Godavery Valley, March 7 Hume Coll. 

 ( W. T.Bkmford). 



6. STILTIA. Tvpe 



Stiltia, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 419(1850) S. Isabella. 



Rhimphalea, Heine vij- Reichen.. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 

 p. 338 (1890) S. isabella. 



Range. Australia and Celebes, and the Moluccas, as far as Java 

 and Borneo. 



1. Stiltia isabella. 



Glareola isabella, Vkill. Analyse, p. 09 (1816); id. N. Diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat. xiii. p. 221 (1817) ; Leach, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 132 (1820) ; 

 Vieill. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 159, pi. 263 (1825); Less. Traitf, p. 541 



(1881 : Timor) ; Vorderm. N. T. Nederl. Ind. xliv. p. 264 (1884 : 

 Java). 

 Glareola grallaria, Temtn. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 503 (1820) ; S. Mull. 

 Verh. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Volkenk. p. 23 (1839-44 : Oetanata) ; 

 Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 22 (1848) ; Reiehenb. Handb., Gallin. Nov. 

 tab. cccx. figs. 2499-2501 (1851); Svhl. Handl. Dierk. i. p. 445 

 (1857); Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 197; id. Cat. B. New Guinea, 

 p. 62 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 18(50, p. 363, 1861, p. 348 (Waigiou ; 



Bfaji 



(1865) ; Rosenb. Rcis naar Zu idoosterett. p. 53 (1867 : Aru), p. 82 

 (Keilsl.), p. 89 (Tijor) ; Gray, Hand-/. B. hi. p. 18, no. 10032 

 (1871); Walden, Tr. Zoo/. Soc. viii. p. 117 (1872: Celebes); 

 Mr,/,;-, J. f. O. 1873, p. 405 ; Masters, Proc. Linn. 8oe. N. 8. W. ii. 

 }.. (98(1877); Rosenb. Malay. Arch. p. 278 (1878-79 : Celebes), 

 p. 396 fWaigiou) ; Salvad, Ann. Mus. Genov. xiv. p. 66(5 (1879) ; 

 Legge, II. Ceylon, p. 981 (1880); Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. 

 p. 263 (1888); Everett. Journ. Straits />/: As. Soc 1889, p. 204. 



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