. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . H. mdanopterus. II audiivas. II. avocetta. season in Burma; and stragglers have occurred in New Zealand, Timor, Borneo, CochinChina, the Philippine Islands, and North China. West of India it is a regular summervisitor to Afghanistan, Turkestan, North Persia, Palestine, Asia Minor, to the salt lakes ofthe Kalmnk and Kirghis steppes, the lagoons on the shores of the Black Sea, the delta HIMANTOPUS. 279 of the Rhone, and the niarismas of Southern Spain and Portugal. It is an accident
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . H. mdanopterus. II audiivas. II. avocetta. season in Burma; and stragglers have occurred in New Zealand, Timor, Borneo, CochinChina, the Philippine Islands, and North China. West of India it is a regular summervisitor to Afghanistan, Turkestan, North Persia, Palestine, Asia Minor, to the salt lakes ofthe Kalmnk and Kirghis steppes, the lagoons on the shores of the Black Sea, the delta HIMANTOPUS. 279 of the Rhone, and the niarismas of Southern Spain and Portugal. It is an accidentalstraggler on migration to the rest of Europe as far north as the Baltic. It is a residentin many parts of Africa, where its numbers are largely increased during winter, and ithas been found in the Canary Islands. It is said to be common and to breed on thecoast of Madagascar; and eggs collected by Mr. Kotze on the Berg River are in theCape Town WW,/ \kV /f, h :mantopus mexicanus. NORTH-AMERICAN STILT. Himantopus halluce nullo : axillaribus lorisque albis: haud inter collum posticum et dorsum Diagnosis,collari albo. Intermediate forms between this species and H. brasiliensis frequently occur, but may prove to be immature examples of the latter. Himantopus mexicanus, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 36 (1760). Charadrius mexicanus (Briss.), Miiller, Vollst. Natursyst. Suppl. p. 117 (1776).Himantopus nigricollis, Vieillot, N. Diet. dHist. Nat. x. p. 42 (1817).Himantopus mexicanus (Briss.), Ord, Wilsons Amer. Orn. vii. p. 52 (1824).Hypsibates nigricollis (Vieill.), Cabanis, Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 758 (1848).Macrotarsus nigricollis (Vieill.), Gundlach, Journ. Orn. 1856, p. 422. Synonymy. 280 HIM ANTO PITS. Literature. Plates.—Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 58. fig. 2; Sclater & Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 453 (woodcut of head).Habits.—Baird, Brewer, and Bidgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. —Thienemann, Abbild
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