CHAKADKIID^ 



BLACK-WINGED STILT. Himantopus candidus (Bonnaterre). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, ' Birds of Great Britain,' vol. iv, pi. 

 34 ; Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. vii, pis. 535, 536 ; 

 Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. v, pi. 20. 



This species, also of the black and white type of plu- 

 mage, may be recognised by the great length of its legs, 

 from which it derives its name. Its beak is not curved like 

 that of the Avocet. 



FIG. 40. BLACK-WINGED STILT. 



Mr. Saunders, in his ' Manual of British Birds,' 2nd 

 Edition, p. 563, mentions that Sir Eobert Sibbald noticed 

 the occurrence of this bird in Britain as long ago as 1684, 

 and described two examples shot at a lake near Dumfries. 



It is an uncommon visitant to the British Isles, though 

 it has been recorded from most of the southern and eastern 

 counties of England, and less frequently from the midlands. 

 Several specimens have been secured from Norfolk. On the 

 west side, and in Wales, it is of very rare occurrence; in 

 1793 it visited Anglesea (Montagu). 



