CHARADRIUS HIMANTOPUS, 



LONG-LEGGED PLOFER, 



Generic Character. See Cliaradrius pluvialis. 

 Synonyms. 



Ch aradrius HIMANTOPUS, Un, Syfl. i. p. 255. li. 



Ind. Orn. 2. p. 741. 3. 

 Long-legged Plover. Br. Zool. 2. 209. U. foh 



128. Addenda. Ar5l. ZqoI. 2.405. 



White's Hift, Selhourn, 1. p. 258, 



Lath. Syn, 5. />. 195. 3- ih, Jupt. 



p. 252. Mont. Orn* Diet. Vol, 2. 



Bewick's Br, Birds, Pt. 2. p» 21, 



TTh I S highly curious fpecies is confidered to have longer 

 legs in proportion to its fize than any other bird ; it meafures 

 from the tip of the bill to the toes eighteen inches, and from 

 the bill to the tail only thirteen ; its breadth is nearly thirty 

 inches. 



Bill flender, about two inches and a half long ; irides red \ 

 wings long, extending when clofed feveral inches beyond 

 the tail ; legs very flender, which including the bare part- 

 of the thigh are eight inches long ; toe.s conneded at the ' 



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