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HIMANTOPUS NOViE ZEALANDI.E. 



(BLACK STILT.) 



Ilimantopits novw zealandiw^ Gould, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 8. 

 Himantopus melas, Hombr. & Jacq. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1841, p. 320 

 Himantopits niger, Ellman, ZooL 1861, p. 7470. 

 Himantopus melas, Hutton, Cat, Birds of N. Z. 1871, p. 30. 



Native name. — Kaki. 



Ad. ptiL (Bstiv, supr^ nitide virescenti-niger : subtus fuliginoso-niger, loris et facie laterali paUidioribus : rostro 



nigro : pedibus cruentatis : iride rufescenti-brunnea. 



Ad. ptiL Mem. dissimilis ptilosi sestivse : pileo postico et cervice toto nigris : fronte_, gutture et pectore albis : 



dorso, alis et cauda nigris : abdomine fuliginoso-nigro. 



Juv. similis ptilosi sestivse, sed dorso postico et uropygio albis : subtus etiam albus : cervice et collo postico 



sordide cinerascentibus saturatius variis : interscapulio^ scapularibus et tectricibus alarum nigricanti- 



terminatis 



rectricibus exterioribus versus basin pogonii interni albis. 



Adult in summer. Head, neck, and all the under surface brownish black, inclining to slaty grey on the face 

 and towards the base of lower mandible ; back, rump, and upper surface of wings and tail glossy green- 

 ish black. Irides and eyelids crimson j legs and feet pinky red, the claws black. Length 15 inches ; 



extent of wings 28'5 ; wing, from flexure, 10; tail 3-25; bare tibia 3; tarsus 3'75; middle toe and 

 claw 1'5. 



Adult in winter. Crown and sides of the head, hind part of neck, and the whole of the abdomen sooty black ; 

 back, wings, and tail glossy greenish black ; the rest of the plumage pure white. 



Young, Forehead, sides of the head, fore part and sides of the neck, and all the underparts pure white; 



crown of the head, mantle, and scapulars blackish brown, each feather margined at the tip with 



fulvous; hind part of the neck and between the shoulders dark grey, mottled with paler grey; back 



and rump white ; upper and lower surface of wings, as well as the axillary plumes, black ; the upper 



wing-coverts and the long inner secondaries margined with fulvous, and the primaries tipped with 



light grey ; tail-feathers greyish brown, the outer ones white on their inner webs, with an apical spot 

 of brown. 



Chick. Covered with dark brown down ; bill and legs greyish black. 



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