BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 29 
Recurvirostra. L. 
Bri, long and slender, curved upwards ; tarsi, much longer than middle 
toe ; toes united by an indented web; hind toe, very short. 
All parts of the world. 
77. RECURVIROSTRA RUBRICOLLIS. Temm. C.M. 
Avocet. 
HEAD, and upper part of the neck, chestnut ; middle of wings, quills 
and shoulders, black, remainder, white ; bill, black ; legs, blue; tail, 
pale ash. 
Hes -0V es Woe Oe Bite ole a, OO. 
South Island, Australia. 
Himantopus. Briss. 
Biz, much longer than the head, slender, straight ; tarsi, very long and 
slender ; toes, united at the base by a small membrane, hind toe wanting. 
All parts of the world. 
78. HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. Gould. C.M. 
Pied Stilt. Poaka. 
Back of the neck, back and wings, greenish black ; tail, ash ; remainder, 
including a band over the shoulders, white ; bill, black ; legs, red. In 
the young, the top of the head and the back of the neck are grey, mixed 
with white. 
Peabo, Wow oOo sian 2° Or eden eee 
Egg.—Pyriform, pale yellow brown, spotted and blotched with umber 
and black, the black spots running together, and forming large patches 
on the thick end; length, 1:5; breadth, 1-23 (Ramsay). 
Both Islands, Australia, India (?) 
79. HIMANTOPUS NOVA ZEALANDIA. Gould. C.M. 
Pied Stilt. Poaka. 
Top, and sides of the head, back of the neck and abdomen, black ; hack, 
wings and tail, greenish black, remainder, white ; bill, black ; legs, red. 
In the young, the whole of the head and neck is white, and the lateral 
tail feathers have the inner webs white, with black tips. 
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