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V . A white or grey collar round the hind neck 

 above the mantle. 

 c". A black or grey mark on the ear- 

 coverts. 

 a". Forehead white, the black of the 

 hind-neck extending over the crown 

 as far as the line of the fore part of [p. 310. 



the eve himantopus, 2nd year, 



b'". Forehead white ; crown grey like the 

 hind-neck ; back black ( d 1 ) or brown 

 ($ or djuv.). . [p. 310. 



a i . Ear-coverts ashy himantopus, hornot., 



b\ Ear-coverts black, like the hind-neck ?>ielanurusju\., p. 3lG. 

 c'". Forehead and fore part of crown 

 white, the black of the hind-neck not 



reaching far before the occiput .... melanurus ad., p. 316. 

 d". No black or grey on the ear-coverts, 

 which are entirely white like the 

 entire head ; hind-neck black from the 



nape leucocephalus, p. 317. 



c'. Head and neck black ; no complete white 



collar on the latter : forehead white .... picatus, p. 319. 

 e". Ear-coverts and sides of neck for the 

 most part white, excepting a black line 

 under the eye ; culmen 2'45 inch ; tail 



grey with no black tip me.iicanus, p. 320. 



/". Ear-coverts and sides of face black like 

 the sides of the neck ; tail tipped with 



brack knudseni, p. 323. 



Under surface of body black like the upper 

 surface melas, p. 324. 



1. Himantopus himantopus. 



The Black-winged Stilt. 



L'Echasse, Eriss. Orn. v. p. 33, pi. iii. fig. 1 (1760) ; UAubent. PI. 



Enl. ix. pi. 878 ; Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 114, pi. viii. (1781). 

 Charadrius himantopus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 255 (1766) ; Scop. Ann. 



i. p. 103 (1769) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 690 (1788) ; Chapm. Trav. 



S. Afr. ii. App. p. 420 (1868). 

 Charadrius himantopus, Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl p. 53 (1783). 

 Long-legged Plover, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 195 (1785). 

 Himamopus candidus, Bonn. Enc. Meth. i. p. 24 (1790) ; Less. Traite 



d'Orn. p. 550 (1831) ; Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 97 (1844) ; 



id. Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal j)res. Hudys. p. 138 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. 



iii. p. 577 (1847) ; Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 421 (1856); Jaub. et Barth.- 



Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 483 (1859) ; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 238 (Oude 



& Kumaon) ; Simpson, t. c. p. 366 ( Dobrudscha) ; Gray, List 



Brit. B. p. 163 (1863) ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 704 (1864) ; Schl. 



Mus. Pays-Bas, Scolopaces, p. 105 (1864) ; Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. 



p. 109 (1864 : Kordofan & White Nile) ; Gigl. Ibis, 1865, p. 61 



(Pisa) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 328 (1867) ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. 



de Zool. 1867, p. 4 (Madagascar) ; Deql. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. 



p. 246 (1867); Loche, Expl, Sci. Algir., Ois. ii. p. 285 (1867); 



Taylor, Ibis, 1867, p. 69 (Egvpt) ; Blijth, t. c. p. 169 ; Tyrwhitt 



Brake, t. c. p. 429 (Tangier) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1868, p. 326 (Palestine) ; 



Beavan, i.e. p. 395 (Umbala); Smith, t. c. p. 454 (Portugal); 



Schl. Sr Poll. Faune Madag., Ois. p. 160 (1868) ; Doderl. Avif. 



