Mr. H. Seebohm on the Genus Himantopus, 233 
winters in the northern half of South America, but in the 
central portion of its range it is said to be a resident. 
•"f" Himantopus brasiliensis. 
Himantopus brasiliensis, Brehm, Yog. Deutschl. p. 684 
(1831). 
Himantopus nigricollis, auctorum multorum, nee Yieillot. 
Plates : Sclater & Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 454 
(woodcut of head) ; Baird, Brewer, and Bidgway, Water- 
Birds N. Amer. i. p. 345 (coloured plate of head). 
^Eggs^ '} ^Json, Ibis, 1880, p. 162. 
The Chilian Stilt may be recognized by the distribution of 
the black on the back of the neck, which extends underneath 
the eye , but not on the crown, and is almost always separated 
from the black mantle by a white collar. Young in first 
plumage are supposed to differ only in being duller in 
colour. 
It is said to breed in the Chilian subregion of South 
America, the more southerly birds migrating northwards in 
autumn to winter in South Brazil. 
The Chilian Stilt appears to be most nearly related to the 
Australian Stilt, scarcely differing from it except in having a 
black band on the side of the head, and less white on the 
collar. It is, however, almost as nearly related to the North 
American Stilt, being, in fact, an intermediate form between 
the two. 
Himantopus leucocephalus. 
Himantopus leucocephalus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, 
p. 26; et auctorum plurimorum. 
Himantopus novce-hollandice, Bonaparte, Compt. Bend, xliii. 
p. 421 (1856). 
Himantopus albus, Ellman, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7470. 
Plates : Gould, Birds of Australia, vi. pi. 24. 
Habits : Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 246. 
Eggs : Buffer, Birds of New Zealand, p. 204. 
The Australian Stilt may be recognized when adult by the 
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