STILT 



BLACK - WINGED STILT STILT PLOVER LONG - LEGS - 

 LONG-LEGGED PLOVER LONG-SHANKS BLACK-WINGED 

 LONG - SHANK. 



PLATE CLXIX. FIGURE I. 



Himantopus melanopterus, . . SELBY. JENYNS. 



Himantopus plinii) . . . FLEMING. 



Himantopus atropterus, . . MEYER. 



Himantopus rufipes, . . . BECHSTEIN. 



Charadrius himantopus, . . PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



THE Stilt is a rare straggler, visiting England only on 

 migration. There is no evidence that it has ever bred 

 in this country. 



The nest is slight, being made of bents, under the 

 shelter of a tuft of rushes. 



The eggs, four in number, are of a warm stone colour, 

 blotted and streaked with dark brown. 



