37. niMANTOPUS. 



309 



brown " (J. Gould). Total length 8 inches, culmen 0*75, wing 5-35, 

 tail 23, tarsus 1-35. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but more sandy buff on the upper 

 surface, the black band on the crown absent, the patch on the sides 

 of the face and the collar round the hind-neck merely indicated by 

 a blackish shade, and the triangular collar down the fore-neck 

 absent, though the chestnut breast is present. 



Hob. Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. st. 



c. Ad. st. 



d. e. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 



g, h, i. Ad. sk. 

 k. Imm. sk. 



Australia. 

 South Australia. 

 South Australia. 

 South Australia. 

 South Australia. 

 Queensland. 

 Queensland. 



Old Coll. 



C. Wood, Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 



Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



Capt. Sturt [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Subfamily VI. HIMANTOPODIN^E. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Toes with scarcely any web, and divided to 



the base ; no hind toe ; tarsus more than 



twice the length of the middle toe and claw ; [p. 309. 



bill nearly straight 37. Himantopus, 



b. Toes webbed ; no hind toe ; tarsus more than 



twice the length of the middle toe and claw ; [p. 324. 



bill with a slight upward curve 38. Cladobhynchus, 



c. Toes fully webbed; a hind toe; tarsus not 



more than twice the length of the middle 



toe and claw ; bill strongly recurved ; base [p. 326. 



of genys flattened 39. Recurvtrostba, 



37. HIMANTOPUS. 



Type. 



Himantopus, Briss. Orn. \. p. 33 (1760) H. himantopus. 



Macrotarsus, Lacep. Mem. de I'Inst. Ra?-is, iii. p. 518 



(1801) H. himantopus. 



Himantellus, Rafin. Analyse, p. 219 (1815) H. himantopus. 



Hypsibates, Nitzsch in Ersch u. Gruber's Encycl. xvi. 



p. 150 (1827) H. himantopus. 



Range. Almost cosmopolitan, but not extending beyond the 

 temperate regions of either hemisphere. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under surface of body white. 

 a'. Head and neck entirely white. 



a' 1 . Mantle and inner secondaries black . . 

 b". Mantle and inner secondaries brown . . 



[p. 310. 

 himantopus c? ad., 

 himantopus $ ad. ,p. 310. 



