HIMANTOPUS. 



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of the Rhone, and the niarismas of Southern Spain and Portugal. It is an accidental 

 straggler on migration to the rest of Europe as far north as the Baltic. It is a resident 

 in many parts of Africa, where its numbers are largely increased during winter, and it 

 has been found in the Canary Islands. It is said to be common and to breed on the 

 coast of Madagascar ; and eggs collected by Mr. Kotze on the Berg River are in the 

 Cape Town Museum. 



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h :mantopus mexicanus. 



NORTH-AMERICAN STILT. 



Himantopus halluce nullo : axillaribus lorisque albis : haud inter collum posticum et dorsum Diagnosis, 

 collari albo. 



Intermediate forms between this species and H. brasiliensis frequently occur, but may Variations. 

 possibly prove to be immature examples of the latter. 



Himantopus mexicanus, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 36 (1760). 



Charadrius mexicanus (Briss.), Miiller, Vollst. Natursyst. Suppl. p. 117 (1776). 

 Himantopus nigricollis, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x. p. 42 (1817). 

 Himantopus mexicanus (Briss.), Ord, Wilson's Amer. Orn. vii. p. 52 (1824). 

 Hypsibates nigricollis (Vieill.), Cabanis, Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 758 (1848). 

 Macrotarsus nigricollis (Vieill.), Gundlach, Journ. Orn. 1856, p. 422. 



Synonymy. 



