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Continent, since nobody can suppose that a 

 species not noticed once in an age, and of 

 such a remarkable make, can constantly 

 breed unobserved in this kingdom. 



Mr. Gould observes, in his ' Birds of Eu- 

 rope,' " The Long-legged Plover, as its con- 

 formation would lead us to conclude, is a 

 bird whose most congenial habitat is mo- 

 rasses and the low flat shores of lakes, rivers, 

 and seas. Hence in the eastern portions of 

 Europe, where it is said to arrive from Asia 

 in small flocks, it takes up its abode along 

 the lakes and among the vast morasses of 

 Hungary and Russia, where, according to 

 M. Temminck, it rears its_ progeny, and 

 where it fearlessly wades in search of its 

 food, without much chance of being carried 

 out of its depth ; but should such an occur- 

 : rence happen, or the waves drift it out from 

 i the shore, it possesses, like many of the true 

 | Wading Birds, the power of swimming with 

 [ the greatest ease and lightness : in fact, in 

 j whatever point of view we consider the 

 i Long-legged Plover, we find it adapted in 

 j the best possible manner for its habits and 

 modes of life. Few birds exceed it in the 

 powers of flight ; its wings far exceed the 

 tail, and it passes through the air with asto- 

 nishing rapidity. When on firm ground, it 

 appears as if tottering on long and awkward 

 stilts, but firm ground is not its congenial 

 habitat." 



An allied species (H. nigricoTlis) is de- 

 scribed by Wilson, in his American Ornitho- 

 logy, under the same name as the European, 

 but it is distinct. In ' Gould's Birds of Aus- 

 tralia' three species are figured and de- 

 scribed ; two from Australia, the H. leucoce- 

 )7jaZ.s and Claclorhynchuspectoralis, and one 

 rom New Zealand, the H. Novce Zealandice, 

 ! so that this genus and group of Long-legged 



I birds is very widely distributed. 

 HIND. The female of the Red Deer or 

 Stag. [See DEEK.] 



HINULIA. A genus of Reptiles closely 

 allied to the officinal Scincus, most of the 

 species of which appear to be natives of Au- 

 stralia ; a few species are natives of the East. 

 i Descriptions of all the species will be found 

 i in Mr. Gray's Catalogue of the Reptiles in 

 I the British Museum. 



HIPP A : HIPPID.E. A genus and fa- 

 mily of Anomurous Decapod Crustacea, the 

 | species of which seem to be fond of working 



Iin the sand. One species, the //. talpoida,is 

 called sand-bug in North America. To this 

 family belong A ibunea, Rcmipes, and Cosmo- 

 notus, which with Hippa form very striking 

 and beautiful exotic genera. 



HIPPARCHIA, or SATYRUS. A genus 

 of Diurnal Lepidoptera, the species of which 

 are for the most part brown or obscure. In 

 temperate regions and in mountainous dis- 

 tricts generally they are numerous ; some 

 j being found in Lapland (Chionobas), and 

 others on elevated ground within the tropics. 

 In this country are several species, some of 

 which are specified beneath ; the other 

 British species are recorded in the works of 

 j Stephens, Curtis, and Humphreys ; while a 

 I new species to this country, found lately in 



Perthshire, is figured and described in " The 

 Zoologist." We must again refer for in- 

 formation to Doubleday and Hewitson's 

 Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera. The Bri- 

 tish species we restrict our attention to, are 



The HIPPARCHIA GALATHEA, or MARBLED 

 WHITE BUTTERFLY. This pretty Butterfly 

 is of a yellowish white colour chequered with 

 black, which produces a pleasing effect. In 



some species the black prevails ; in others the 

 yellowish- white : the female is larger than the 

 male. It is found abundantly near London, 

 and in most parts of England, chiefly fre- 

 quenting moist meadows, where it appears in 

 June and July. The caterpillar feeds on grass, 



particularly the Phleumpratense ; is yellow- 

 ish-green, and strikingly resembles that of 

 some of the moths, and, like most if not all 

 the species of the genus, feeds at night. Our 

 figures, derived from the admirable work of 



CiTERPIt/LAR AND CHRYSALIS OF MARBT-ZD 

 WHITE B0TT3RFLY. (H. OALA.THEA.) 



Hllbner, show the upper and under sides of 

 the perfect iusect, with the caterpillar and 

 the chrysalis. 



