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and under parts white; quills and exterior tail feathers margined 
with white ; head dusky-brown. Six and a half inches long. 
Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 4.—HIM ANT OP U S.— Brisson. 
Generic Character. —Bill long, slender, retrousse, depressed at 
the base, and compressed at tip; mandibles laterally grooved 
about half their length; nostrils lateral, linear, oblong; legs 
very long and slender; feet with three anterior toes, the middle 
one united by a broad membrane to the inner toe by a rudimen¬ 
tary one ; claws small and flat; wings very long, the first quill 
longer than the rest. 
Himaniopus melanopterus. — Black-Winged Long Shank. 
Plate LVII. fig-. 6. 
Crown, back of the head, neck, back, and wings, iridescent- 
black ; nape and occiput spotted with white ; tail ash-coloured; 
face, neck, and under parts, white with a rosy tint. Fourteen 
inches long. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 5.—PliEMATOPUS.— Linnaeus. 
Generic Character. —Bill long, robust, channelled, compressed, 
point cuneiform and much compressed ; nostrils lateral, situated 
in the channel; legs stout and muscular; feet with three anterior 
toes only, the exterior one united to the middle one the length of 
first joint; interior toe marginated by a rudimentary membrane ; 
wings extending to the end of the tail, the first quill longest. 
Hcematopus ostralegus. — Oyster- Catcher. 
Plate LVIII. fig. 5. 
Upper parts and tail deep black; rump, middle wing feathers, 
breast, abdomen, and crissum, white; ophthalmic region, bill, 
and legs, orange. Fifteen and a half inches long. Inhabits 
European coasts. 
Genus 6.—CHARADRIUS. — Linnaeus. 
Generic Character _Bill somewhat shorter than the head, 
slender, straight, and compressed; mandibles gibbous, and sub¬ 
conic towards the point; nostrils situated in the nasal furrow *, 
legs slender; tibia half naked; feet with three anterior toes, the 
