PLATE LV. 



CHARADRIUS HIMANTOPUS, 

 LONG-LEGGED PLOVER* 



Grall^. 



Bill roundifh. Tongue entire, flelhy. Thighs naked. Toes 

 divided. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftrait, roundifh, obtufe. Noflrils narrow, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNO NTMS. 



Bill black, long. Legs red, very long and flender, and without a 

 back toe. Wings extend beyond the tail. Forehead, breaft, belly, 

 tail, white. Wings and back black, glofled with green. A few 

 dark fpots on the back of the neck and crown. 



Charadrius Himantopus : fupra niger, fubtus albus, roftro 

 nigro capite longiore, pedibus rubris longiflimis* 

 Linn. Syjl. Nat. I. p. 15 1. 79. 10. ed. 10. 

 Himantopus, Rait Syn. p. 106. 9. p. 193. PL I. Jig. i« 



Will. Orn. 297. 

 Long-legged Plover, Penn. Br. Zool. No. 209. 

 Lath. Gen, Syn. 5. 195. 3, 

 — Suppl. 252. 

 Long Legs. Rati Syn. p. 109. 7. 



Sloan. Jam. 2. p. 316. 6. pi. 267. 



D Le 



