Genus — S T I L T I A . 
Stiltia Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. Ill, 1855 Type 8. isahella. 
Rhimphalm Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 338, 1890 Type 8. isahella, 
Glareoline birds with short bills, very long wings, short tail, and long 
legs and small feet. 
The bill is short, very broad at the base, tip decurved and sharp ; the 
lower mandible straight, gonydeal angle a little marked, but tip slightly 
decurved. The wings are very long and pointed, the first primary somewhat 
attenuated and exceeding the second by nearly an inch. The tail is short and 
slightly emarginate, only about a third, or less, the length of the wing. The 
legs are long, the metatarsus is regularly scutellate, both before and behind ; 
the toes comparatively long and slender, the claws very long, the middle 
claw not at all pectinated ; hind toe present. The combination of short 
glareoline bill, very long attenuate, wings, short tail and long cursorine 
legs, make this genus distinctive and unmistakeable, while, as the genus is 
monotypic, no confusion is possible regarding the specific name; it was 
named thrice within five years by writers working independently, since when 
it has received no further attention. 
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