HIMANTOPUS. 



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155. Himantopus candidus. The Blaok-winged Stilt. 

 Cand'idus=o{ a glistening white. 

 GaJ-paon, India; Lalgori, Lamgora, Bengal. 



(J 15J". Legs lake-red. Bill 2f", red, tip black. Back, neck, aud tail grey. 

 Wing, back of head black, glossed green. Eest white. The adult male in 

 breeding plumage has head, neck, upper mantle, and entire under surface pure 

 white. S. Europe, Africa, C. and S. Asia. Cold-season visitor to India, Ceylon, 

 and Burma. Three or four eggs (1'64 x 1-21), drab, blotched black. (J. 898. 

 B. 1451). 



Also with under surface white : — 



ff. melanurus. 14". Similar to ff, mexicanus. From Brazil and Chili. 

 H. leaoocephaVas. 6 llj". 9 14". From Australia, New Guinea, and the Moluccas. 

 IT. picatus. 14i". A subspecies. From New Zealand. 

 . H. mexicanus. <J llj". 9 12J". America and W. Indies. 

 IT. knudseni. 14^". From Sandwich Islands. 



Also with under surface black : — 



H. melas. 12". From New Zealand. 



Also the genus Cladmrhynchus. One species — C. Uucocephalus, 13J", from Australia. 



Mandalay, 15.2.89. 



