258 CHARADRIIDAi 
Adult winter,’ male and female.—Resembles the nuptial 
plumage. 
Immature, male and female.—Back of head, hind-neck, 
and upper back, greyish ; rest of back and inner secondaries, 
brown; primaries, dark brown. 
Brak. Black; straight and slender. 
Frer. Warm pink; very long; toes, shghtly webbed. 
IrIDEs. Crimson. 
Fig. 41.—HEAD OF BLACK-WINGED STILT. 1: Nat. size. 
AYERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL LENGTH 7 .. oe fe aloe: ane 
WING ee Af ih en) ORO 
BEAK ae a Ks. oe, De yee 
TARSO-METATARSUS oe wisiy MA pe 
Eae 7 >< 25m 
‘A “brown-backed winter plumage ” may be assumed (R. Bowdler 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxiv, p. 313). 
