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Du Cane Godman's belief that it breeds in the Azores, and Boll e's statement 

 that it is a permanent resident in the Canaries; Mr. N. B. Moore (21) found 

 that many remain all through the year on the coast of Florida; Dr. Finsch 

 held this to be the case in the Marshall and Gilbert atolls. It seems clear 

 that its migration is not quite thorough-going and complete ; birds often remain 

 behind in their winter quarters, and this, probably, is more generally the rule 

 with migrant birds than is at present supposed. In Celebes, where few specimens 

 have been obtained, the Turnstone probably occurs as a bird of passage. A 

 specimen from Banka obtained by our native collectors is dated as late as 

 1 5*'' May. 



GENUS HIMANTOPUS Briss. 



The Stilt is easily distinguishable from the other Waders occurring in Celebes 

 by the great length of the tarsus, which is longer than the tail and about 3 

 times as long as the middle toe; no hallux; bill slender, straight or slightly 

 recurved, about twice as long as the head, without a dertrum, nasal groove in 

 the basal half, nostril in the basal fourth; wing long and pointed, the outer- 

 most large quill the longest. General colours black and white. Dr. Sharpe 

 recognises 6 species, occurring in the temperate and tropical regions of the 

 world. 



^324. HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS J.Gd. 



White-headed Stilt. 



Himantopus leucocephalus {1] Gould, P. Z. S. 1S37, 26; (11) id., B. Austr. 1848, VI, pi. 24; 

 {3} Schl., Mus. P.-B., Scolopaces, 1864, 106; (i) Blyth, Ibis 1865, 35; {5) Gould, 

 Hb. B. Austr. 1865, H, 246; {6) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VKE, 91 ; {1) id., ib. 

 1875, IX, 228; [8] Rosenb., Malay. Arcbip. 1878, 278; {9] Meyer, Ibis 1879, 

 141; {10) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 921; (11) Wardl. Rams., Tweedd. Om. Works 

 Index 1881, 654, 659; (12) Rosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167; {13} Salvad., Om. 

 Pap. 1882, m, 309; (U) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 139; (15) id., ib. 1884, 218; 

 (16) Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1885, XLIV, 204; (11) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 

 559; (18) id., Cruise "Marcbesa" 1886, n, 208; (19) W. Bias., Z. ges. Om. 1886, 

 163; /20; Rams., Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. 1886, (2)1, 1099; {21} Seeb., Ibis 1886, 225, 233; 

 (22) id., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 283; f'23' Rams., Tab. List 1888, 20; (XXIV) Bull, 

 B. N. Zeal. 2"^ ed. 1888, H, 21, pi. XXVH; (25i Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 

 1889, 206; (26) North, Nests & Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 310; (27) Studer, Reise 

 "Gazelle" 1889, IH, 219; (28) Steere, List Coll. Birds & M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 25; 

 (29) Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1891, 201; (30J McLean, Ibis 1892, 252; (31) Ribbe, 

 Jb. Ver. Erdk. Dresden 1892, 173; (32) Buttik., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1892, XIV, 

 206; (33) id., Zool. Erg. Weber's Reise 1893, lU, 283; (34) Madar., Aquila 

 1894, 105; (35) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 15; (36) Hart., Nov. 

 Zool. 1896, 180; (37J Sharpe, Oat. B. 1896, XXIV, 317, 751. 



a. Himantopus (II Reinw., Reis Ind. Aixhip. 1858, 592. 



"Lilimo" Rosenb. S, or "Lilimu" Joest, Das Holontalo 1883, 105; Gorontalo Distr. 



