HIMANTOPUS. 



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sternum oi Himantopus avocetta. 



HIMANTOPUS AVOCETTA. 



COMMON AVOCET. 

 Himantopus remigibus tertii ordinis aut albis (in adult.) aut brunneis albo faseiatis (in juv.) 



Diagnosis. 



Swinhoe's types of Becurvirostra sinensis are slightly suffused with grey on the mantle Variations. 

 and hind neck ; but other examples from China do not differ from North-European or 

 African birds. 



Eecurvirostra avosetta, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 151 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. j). 256 (1766). 



Avocetta avocetta^ Brisson, Orn. vi. p. 538 (1760). 



Scolopax avocetta {Linn.), Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 92 (1769). 



Avocetta europsea, Dumont, Did. Sc. Nat. iii. p. 339 (1816). 



Kecurvirostra sinensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 401. 



Himantopus avocetta (Linn.), Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 74 (1885). 



Sj'nonymy. 



2p 



