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Du Cane Godman’s belief that it breeds in the Azores, and Bolle’s stateruent 
that it is a permanent resident in the Canaries; Mr. N. B. Moore ( 21 ) found 
that many remain all through the year on the coast of Florida; Dr. Finsch 
held this to be the case in the Marshall and Gilbert atolls. It seems clear 
that its migration is not quite thorough-going and comj)lete ; birds often remain 
behind in theii' winter quarters, and this, probably, is more generally the rule 
with migrant birds than is at present supposed. In Celebes, where few specimens 
have been obtained, the Turnstone probably occurs as a bird of passage. A 
specimen from Banka obtained by our native collectors is dated as late as 
1 5*^^ May. 
GENUS HIMANTOPUS Briss. 
The Stilt is easily distinguishable from the other Waders occurring in Celebes 
by the great length of the tarsus, which is longer than the tail and about 3 
times as long as the middle toe; no hallux; bill slender, straight or slightly 
recurved, about twice as long as the head, without a dertrum, nasal groove in 
the basal half, nostril in the basal fourth; wing long and pointed, the outer- 
most large quill the longest. General colours black and white. Dr. Sharpe 
recognises 6 species, occurring in the temperate and tropical regions of the 
world. 
324. HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS J.Gd. 
White-headed Stilt. 
Himantopus leueoeephalus (1) Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, 26; (II) id., B. Austr. 1848, VI, pi. 24; 
(3) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Scolopaces, 1864, 106; (4) Blyth, Ibis 1865, 35; (5) Gould, 
Hb. B. Austr. 1865, U, 246; (6) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, Vm, 91 ; (7) id., ib. 
1875, IX, 228; (8) Bosenb., Malay. Arcliip. 1878, 278; (9) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 
141; (10) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 921; (11) Ward! Rams., Tweedd. Orn. Works 
Index 1881, 654, 659; (12) Rosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167; (13) Salvad., Orn. 
Pap. 1882, in, 309; (14) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 139; (15) id., ib. 1884, 218; 
(16) Vorderm., X. T. Ned. Ind. 1885, XLJY, 204; (17) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 
559; (18) id.. Cruise “Marchesa” 1886, D, 208; (19) W. Bias., Z. ges. Om. 1886, 
163; (20) Rams., Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. 1886, (2)1, 1099; (21) Seeb., Ibis 1886, 225, 233; 
(22) id., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 283; (23) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 20; (XXIV) Bull., 
B. N. Zeal. 2”‘i ed. 1888, H, 21, pi. XXVH; (25) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 
1889, 206; (26) North, Nests & Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 310; (27) Studer, Reise 
“Gazelle” 1889, m, 219; (28) Steere, List Coll. Birds & M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 25; 
(29) Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1891, 201 ; (30) Me Lean, Ibis 1892, 252; (31) Ribbe, 
Jb. Ver. Erdk. Dresden 1892, 173; (32) Buttik., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1892, XPV, 
206; (33) id., Zool. Erg. Weber’s Reise 1893, DI, 283^ (34) Madar., Aquila 
1894, 105; (35) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 15; (36) Hart., Nov. 
Zool. 1896, 180; (37) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1896, XXIV, 317, 751. 
a. Himantopus (1) Reinw., Reis Ind. Archip. 1858, 592. 
“Lilimo” Rosenb. 8, or “Lilimu” Joest, Das Holontalo 1883, 105; Gorontalo Distr. 
