BANDED STILT. 
this, and it was not until 1874 that Salvin noted that not only was Selys- 
Longchamps correct but that Vieillot had anticipated Cuvier ; and now that 
Vieillot’s name has been utilised in the British Museum Catalogue^ it is 
generally accepted. This bird is peculiar in this family in that it possesses 
bold markings on the under-surface when adult, but the immature agrees 
with other Stilts in having a pure white under-surface. 
Just recently I separated the Western birds on account of the black 
colour of the wings, but for the present I am suppressing this form as it may 
be that the Western birds I examined were freshly moulted while the Eastern 
ones were not. 
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