LONG-LEGGED PLOVEB. 75 
„ I'luldy filover is eiifht indies long, and fifteen in 
sid^*^^’ the hill is hlaok, an inch long, and straight; 
L ^ of the neck and whole upper parts, speckled 
hid ^ "'ith white, black, and fcrruginons ; the feathers 
^•i','^ ‘‘cntred with black, tipt with white, and edged 
an' * '‘^’’’’"tl'nous, giving the bird a very motley appear- 
crn^’ vent, pure white; wing-quills, black, 
^'d with a hand of white ; lossei- coverts, whitish, 
h], 'vith pale olive, the first two or three rows 
tin ' ' ’ “fiddle tail-feathers, black ; the rest, pale 
td edged with white ; legs and feet, black ; 
die*'’ V''dered with a very narrow membrane. On 
5 „i®®otion, both males and females varied in their 
and markings. 
GENUS l..~niMANTOFVS, Beisson. 
225, lIIMAyTOTUS yjGRJCOLLISi VIEILIi. 
niSIANTOFUS, WILSON LONO-LEGGEO PLOVER. 
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PLATE LVIII. FIG. 11 EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
hi,V'’'“®AHsTs have most unaccountably classed this 
&!}■ 'yfili the genus charadrius, or plover, and yet 
'«t's ' ™ "’'*''** ^*‘0 particular conformation of the bill, 
Rf ’ ‘‘“d feet, the rule of their arrangement. In the 
stii,,®'**^ sobjeot, however, excepting the trivial circum- 
h] of the want of a hind toe, there is no resem- 
of jj"® " liatcver of those parts to the bill, legs, or feet, 
dilfcr on the contrary, they are so entirely 
and lo create no small surprise at the adoption 
acceptation of a classification, evidently so 
he,“il “od unnatural. This appears the more repre- 
is “ hen we consider the striking aflinity there 
in this bird and the common avoset, not only 
feet )!'*‘'ficular form of the bill, nostrils, tongue, legs, 
Ocrs f ““d tail, but extending to the voice, mau- 
thp “d, place of breeding, form of the nest, and even 
colour of the eggs of both, all of ivliich are 
tngly alike, and point out, at once, to the actual 
