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NEW HOLLAND LONGSHANKS. 
(Himantopiis Grallarius.) 
Hi. ccErulescens nigro striatus, subtus albns striis Juscis, niaculd 
aurium Jusca. 
Caerulescent Longshanks striated with black, beneath white with 
brown stripes ; a brown spot on the ears. 
Charadrius Grallarius, Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. Ixvi. 
High-legged Plover. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 319. 
" Beak black : the crown, back, and wings blue- 
grey, marked with black streaks, largest on the back 
and crown : irides yellow : beneath the eyes, on the 
ears, a large patch of brown : the under parts are 
dusky white, streaked on the neck and breast with 
pale brown : inner ridge of the wing ferruginous : 
quills black. It stands very high upon its legs, not 
much less so than the Long-legged Plover (the pre- 
ceding species) j the colour of them pale blue. In- 
habits New South Wales." Dr. Latham has given 
the above description of this species, from which 
there can be little doubt that it belongs to the pre- 
sent genus. 
