318 PLOVER. 



Charadrius auturanalis, Hasselq. It. 253. 29. Id. Engl. 199. 



Himantopus, Bris. v. 33. 1. t. 3. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 220. Iiaii, 106. 9. Id. 190. 7. 



Id. 193. 1. t. 1. f. 3. Will. 219. t. 54. Klein, p. 22. Id. Stem. p. 3. Tern. 



Man. 338. Id. Ed. ii. 528. 

 Recurvirostra Himantopus, Long-legged Avoset, Amer. Om. vii. 48. pi. 58. f. 2 ? 

 L'Echasse, Buf. viii. 114. pi. 8. PI. enl. 878. 

 Strandreuter, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 201. Schmid, Vog. 127. t. 110. 

 Long-legged Plover, Gen.Syn.v. 195. Id. Sup. 252. 5«ii. 5co«. iii. 18. t. 11. 13. 



Br. Zool. ii. No. 209. Id.fol. 128. add. Id. Ed. 1812. ii. 100. Fl. Scot. i. p. 



35. No. 157. pi. 4. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 405. young. White, Selb. pi. p. 258. 



Bewick, ii. pi. p. 4. Lewin, 'iii. pi. 182. Walcot, ii. pi. 159. Donov. iii. pi. 55. 



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LENGTH from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, from 

 thirteen to sixteen inches ; and to the end of the claws eighteen, or 

 more ; breadth thirty-one inches. Bill two and a half, slender and 

 black, the upper mandible a trifle bent downwards at the point, the 

 under somewhat shorter ; irides red; forehead round the eye, and all 

 the under parts, white ; crown of the head, the back, and wings, 

 glossy black; hind part of the neck spotted with dusky; rump 

 white ; tail greyish white, the outer feathers quite white. It has 

 the longest legs and thighs of any known bird, in proportion to its 

 size, the naked part above the joint measuring three inches and a 

 half, and the shin bone four inches and a half; both are of a bright 

 red, and the claws black. 



The female has the plumage wholly white, except the wings, 

 and the back as far as the rump, which are black. Bill and legs 

 as in the male.* 



This species is now and then met with in England. That men- 

 tioned in the British Zoology, was killed near Oxford ; and Mr. 

 White, of Fleet-street, had a female in his possession, shot with four 

 others, out of a flock of six or seven, at Frinsham Pond, between 

 Woolmer Forest and Farnham, in Surrey, in April 1779. Sir R. 

 Sibbald mentions two being killed near Dumfries, in Scotland ; and 

 another in Anglesea, in 1793. Excepting these, and as far as we 



* In the old male the nape, and sometimes the hindhead, are pure white. 



