342 CHAllADRIAD.E. 



GENUS CCCLXXVL— BURHINUS, Illiger. 



Rostrum mediocre, crassum, 



latum, depressum. 



Nares ? 



Alee volatiles. 



Pedes grallarii,cursorii, tetra- 



dactyli. 



Beak moderate, thick, broad, 



depressed. 



Nostrils ? 



Wings formed for flying. 

 Legs grallarious, cursorial, 



four-toed. 



Bu. Novae Hollandise. 



CEdicnemus magnirostris. Steph. v. -aup, 462. — New Holland. 



GENUS CCCLXXVII.— HIMANTOPUS, Ray. 

 LONGSHANKS. 



Macrotarsu.s, La Cepode. 



Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. 1. p. 178. 



Hi. nigricollis. Vieillot, Enc. Meth. 



Hi. corpore suj)ra nigro, suhlus fronteque albis; caudd cinered; 



rostro nigro; pedibus rubris. 

 Longslianks with the body black above, beneath and the forehead 



white; the tail ash -coloured ; the beak black; the legs red. 

 Recurvirostra himantopus,' — Long-legged Avoset. Wits. Amer. 



Orn. V. vii. p 48. pt. Iviii. f. 2. — Hi. melanopterus. Steph. 



V. xii. p. 1. pi. 2. 



Inhabits North America. This species has the 

 forehead white ; and also a spot behind the ear, the 

 throat, the sides and fore part of the neck, the breast 

 and hinder parts : the rest of the plumage black, 

 with the upper coverts and feathers of the tail grey. 

 The female differs in being whiter, and in having 

 the back, scapulars and tertial wing-feathers deep 

 brown. 



The history of this species is confounded with that 



