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iv. p. 306; Hewitson, p. 339 ; Gray, p. 162 ; Yarr. ed. 2, 

 ii. p. 624 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 671 ; Gould, iv. pi. 52 ; Hurting, 

 p. 46; Dresser, vii. p. 577. 

 The Avocet, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 555. 



Avocetta, the Italian name ; said to be connected with avis = a bird. 



Formerly a summer resident on the east coast of England, 

 but now only a rare visitant, occurring chiefly on the southern 

 and eastern coasts. It is found throughout Central and 

 Southern Europe, in Africa, and in Central and Southern 

 Asia as far east as China and perhaps Japan. 



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Genus HIMANTOPUS, Brisson, Ornith. v. p. a* (1760). 



Himantopus = a kind of water-bird in Oppian (circ. A.D. 180) ; from T/ios / 



= a thong, and Troys = a foot. 



Himantopus candidus. BLACK-WINGED STILT. 



Himantopus candidus, Bonnaterre, Encycl. Meth. 

 p. 24(1790). 



Charadrius Himantopus, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 255 



(1766). 



Hypsibates himantopus, Naum. viii. p. 191, xiii. p. 244. 

 Himantopus melanopterus, Macg. iv. p. 312 ; Hewitson, 



p. 341 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 629; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 676. 

 Himantopus candidus, Gray, p. 163; Gould, iv. pi. 34; 



Hurting, p. 135 ; Dresser, vii. p. 587. 

 Black-winged Stilt, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 559. 



Candidus = of a glistening white. 



A rare straggler from Southern Europe, chiefly to the / 

 southern and eastern districts of Englan(L( It also inhabits JL &&# *> 

 Africa down to the Cape of Good Hope, and Asia as far east &xf*/ ** 

 as China and as far south as the Philippines. 



Genus PHALAROPUS, Brisson, Ornith. vi. p. 12 1760). 



Phaldropus, from QaXdpis = a Coot, in classical GreeK , which is from 

 QaXdpos having a patch of white (on its forehead), and TTOVS = a foot . 



