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Genus HIMANTOPUS. 
BLACK-WINGED STILT. 
Himantopus candidus Aonnat. 
Adult Male: Crown, nape and upper surface of body and 
wings black, glossed on back with green ; upper tail-coverts and 
tail grey, plumage otherwise pure white, with an evanescent 
pink tinge on the breast ; 42/7 (straight) and claws black ; legs 
and feet rosy-pink ; irides crimson. Length 13 to 13:5 inches ; 
culmen 2°5 ; wing 9°5 to 9°8; tail 3; tarsus 4°5 ; bare part of 
tibia 3°3. Very old males have pure white heads and necks. 
Adult Female: Similar, but back distinctly brownish, and 
not glossed with green. 
Young: “ Have the feathers of the back and wings brown, 
edged with white, and more dark feathers about the back of the 
head ; the legs orange” (Saunders). 
Distribution : Breeds in Ceylon, India and in south-western 
portions of the Palearctic region, also in some parts of Southern 
Europe. Winter visitant to Eastern Asia and Africa, in the 
country also a resident. Of casual occurrence in north of 
Europe. 
Habitat: Sea-shore, salt marshes, or borders of inland 
lakes, ete. 
Genus PHALAROPUS. 
GREY PHALAROPE. 
Phalaropus fulicarius Zzn7. 
Adult Female: Forehead dusky grey, crown black, fore 
part of back, scapulars and inner secondaries black, margined 
with light red ; wing-coverts and quills greyish-black, the former 
with the secondaries tipped with white ; rump greyish, streaked 
with blackish ; tail deep grey, dusky towards tip ; wxder parts 
chestnut; bill flat, broader at tip, where it is blackish, otherwise 
yellow ; legs and feet olive-brown ; irides dark brown. Length 
about 8°5 inches; culmen 0'8; wing 5°35; ai (graduated) 
2°75; tarsus 0°75. Male smaller and not so brightly coloured. 
