KECURVIROSTRA. PHALAROPUS. 163 



iv. p. 306; Hewitson, p. 339 ; Gray, p. 163 ; Yarr. ed. 2, 

 ii. p. 624 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 671 ; Gould, iv. pi. 52 ; Hurting, 

 p. 46; Dresser, vii. p. 577. 

 The Avocet, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 555. 



Avoceita, the Italian name ; aaid to be connected with avis = a bird. 



Formerly a summer resident oa the east coast of England, 

 but now only a rare visitant, occurring chiefly on the southern 

 and eastern coasts. It is found throughout Central and 

 Southern Europe, in Africa, and in Central and Southern 

 Asia as far east as China aad perhaps Japan. 



Genus HIMANTOPUS, Brisson, Ornith. v. p. 34 (1760). 



Himant&pus = a kind of water-bird in Oppian (circ. a.d. 180) ; from IJids 

 = a thong, and ttous = a foot. 



Himantopus candidus. Black-winged Stilt. 



Himantopus candidus, Bonnaterre, Bncycl. Meth. 

 p. 24(1790). 



Charadrius Himantopus, Linnceus, S.N. i. p. 255 



(1766). 

 Hypsibates himantopus, Naum. viii. p. 191, xiii. p. 244. 

 Himantopus melanopterus, Macg. iv. p. 312 ; Hewitson, 



p. 341 ; Ya7-r. ed. 2, ii. p. 629; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 676. 

 Himantopus candidus. Gray, p. 163; Gould, iv. pi. 34; 



Harting, p. 135; Dresser, vii. p. 587. 

 Black-winged Stilt, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 559. 

 Candidiis = of a glistening white. 



A rare straggler from Southern Europe, chiefly to the 

 southern and eastern districts of England. It also inhabits 

 Africa down to the Cape of Good Hope, and Asia as far east 

 as China and as far south as the Philippines. 



Genus PHALAROPUS, Brisson, Ornith. vi. p. 12 (1760). 



Phaldroptis, from fdXdpis = a Coot, in claasioal Q-reeK, which ia from 

 ipaKapos = having a patch of white (on its forehead), and 7row9 = a foot. 



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