316 



? 4 . $ ad. sk. 



r*. $ juv. sk. 



s 4 . $ ad. sk. 

 £ 4 . Juv. sk. 



c? imm. sk 

 ■1'', y'- ? ad. sk. 



. ; w 1 . 



z\a 5 . J ad.; ft 5 . 2 



ad. sk. 

 c\ Ad. sk. 

 d 3 . Ad. sk. 

 e 5 . § ad. sk. 

 / 5 . d 1 skeleton. 

 //\ liones of trunk. 

 h 3 . Sternum. 



CHAKADRIIDJ2. 



Batticaloa, Ceylon, Feb. 17 



(H. C. Buchanan). 

 Putlam, Ceylon, July 14 



(Hart). 

 Ceylon. 



Pegu (B. G. W. R.). 

 Lower Pegu, Oct. (E. W. 0.). 



Karen-nee, Jan., March (jR. 



G. W. R.). 

 Tkatone, Tenasserim, Oct., 



Nov. 

 Cochin China. 

 Pa-chow, Ichang, China. 

 Sa-tschen, June (Prejevalski). 

 R. Volga. 

 Nepal. 

 Algeria. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



M. E. Pierre [P.]. 

 A. Pratt, Esq. [C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Hodgson Coll. 

 Purchased. 



2. Himantopus melanurus. 



Mbatuitui zancudo, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 297 (1805). 



Himantopus melanurus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x. p. 42 (1817 : 

 Paraguay) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 577 (1847). 



Himantopus mexicanus (nee P. L. S. Milll.), Neuwied, Beitr. Na- 

 turg. Bras. iv. p. 741 (1833) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 25 (1847) ; 

 Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 367 (1856). 



Himantopus nigricollis (nee Vieill.), Gould, in Darivin's Voy. 'Beagle,' 

 Birds, p. 130 (1841 : La Plata, swamps near Buenos Ayres) ; 

 Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 117 (Chili) ; Gay, Faun. Chili, Zool. 

 p. 424 (1847) ; Burm. Reise La Plata-St. ii. p. 502 (1861) ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 339 (Chili) ; id. Sf Salv. P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 144 

 (Buenos Ayres) ; Pels. Orn. Bras. pp. 310, 457 (1871 : Ypanema, 

 June ; Irisanga, Dec. ; Caicara, March) ; Barrows, Auk, i. p. 314 

 (1884 : Azul, Jan. ; Puan, March ; Concepcion, March to Aug., not 

 observed breeding) ; Tacz. Orn.Pirou, iii. p. 382 (1886: Tumbez). 



Himantopus nigricollis (pt.), Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 98 

 (1844); Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Scolopaces, p. 107(1864: Brazil, 

 Chili) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 48, no. 10294 (1871). 



Himantopus mexicanus (pt.), Bp. C. B. xliii. p. 421 (1856). 



Himantopus brasiliensis, Brehm, Vbg. Deutschl. p. 684 (1831) ; 

 Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 454 (Buenos Ayres) ; iid. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotr. p. 144 (1873) ; Durnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 198 (Baradero, 

 Buenos Ayres), 1878, p. 67 ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 162 (Cape San 

 Antonio) ; Seeboh?n, Ibis, 1886, p. 225 ; id. Geogr. Distr. Charadr. 

 p. 281 (1888) ; Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 179 (1889) ; Scl. 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 425 (Arg. Rep.) ; Graham Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 150 

 (Pilcomayo) ; Holland, t. c. p. 211 (Arg. Rep.) ; Berkeley James, 

 New List Chilian B. p. 11 (1892) ; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 207 

 (Uruguay). 



Adult male. Similar to II. mexicanus (infra, p. 320), but larger, 

 always with a white collar on the upper mantle, and distinguished 

 by the greater amount of white on the head, which occupies nearly 

 the whole crown, almost as far as the occiput ; a black streak on 

 the ear-coverts joins the black on the hinder neck. Total length 14 

 inches, culmeu 2 - 45, wing 9'5, tail 3*2, tarsus 4"5. 



