256 CHARADRITDAL 
BLACK-WINGED STILT. Himantopus candidus (Bonnaterre). 
Coloured Figures.—Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. iV, ls 
34; Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. vii, pls. 535, 536; 
Lilford, ‘ Coloured Figures,’ vol. v, pl. 20. 
This species, also of the black and white type of plu- 
mage, may be recognised by the great length of its legs, 
from which it derives its name. Its beak is not curved like 
that of the Avocet. 
Fie. 40.—BLACK-WINGED STILT. 
Mr. Saunders, in his ‘Manual of British Birds,’ 2nd 
Hdition, p. 563, mentions that Sir Robert Sibbald noticed 
the occurrence of this bird in Britain as long ago as 1684, 
und described two examples shot at a lake near Dumfries. 
It is an uncommon visitant to the British Isles, though 
it has been recorded from most of the southern and eastern 
counties of England, and less frequently from the midlands. 
Several specimens have been secured from Norfolk. On the 
west side, and in Wales, it is of very rare occurrence; in 
1793 it visited Anglesea (Montagu). 
