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STILT. 



BLACK-WINGED STILT. STILT PLOVER. 



LONG-LEGS. LONG-LEGGED PLOVER. LONG-SHANKS. 



BLACK-WINGED LONG-SHANK. 



PLATE CLXIX. — FIG. I. 



Jlimantopus melanopterus, . . Selby. Jentns. 



Ilimantopiis Plinii, .... Fleming. 



Himantopus atropterus, . . . Meyee. 



Himantopus rufipes, .... Bechstein. 



Charadrius himantopus, . . . Pennant. Montagu. 



A ROUND hollow on the top of some tuft or mound 

 serves as a receptacle for the nest of this bird. 



The eggs, as represented by Professor Thieneman, 

 are of a pale blue colour, blotted and streaked with 

 greyish green, or olive green and dark brown. 



