. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . uated ; the secondaries rather narrow, incurved,some of the inner tapering and elongated. Tail short, nearlyeven, of twelve feathers. These birds entirely resemble the Totani in their habits,fly Avith rapidity, are remarkably vociferous, walk and runwith celerity, vibrate their body when standing, search themud and sands for worms, insects, Crus
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . uated ; the secondaries rather narrow, incurved,some of the inner tapering and elongated. Tail short, nearlyeven, of twelve feathers. These birds entirely resemble the Totani in their habits,fly Avith rapidity, are remarkably vociferous, walk and runwith celerity, vibrate their body when standing, search themud and sands for worms, insects, Crustacea, and mollusca,often wading far into the water. The eggs are four, pyri-form, and spotted. The males are larger than the females,as in all the Limosinse. It is stated by Montagu, that six of this species wereshot out of seven in a flock, in the month of April, at theverge of a lake not very far distant from Farnham, inSurrey. One of them was preserved by the late Eev. , of Selborne, and was seen by Montagu witli , of Fleet Street. It was wholly white, except thewings and back as far as the rump, which were black. 312 IIIMANTOPUS MELANOPTERUS. THE BLACK-WINGED STILT-SHANK. LONG-LEGGED PLOVER. Cliaradrius Ilimantopus. linn. Svst. Nat. I. Ilimantopus. Lath. Ind. Om. II. Plover. Cliaradrius Ilimautopus. Mont. Omitb. Diet, and a mantcau noir. Ilimantopus mclanoptcrus. Temm. JIan. dOmith. II. 528 ; III. Plinii. Long-lo^s. Flcm. Brit. Anim. .Stilt. Ilimantopus nielanopterus. Selb. Illustr. II. mclauopterus. Black-winged Long-shanks. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. mclanoptcrus. Bonap. Comp. List, 54. In sumnur the hill black; the feet vermilioti; forehead,cheeks, neck, lower parts and sides of the bod;/, irith the(/reater part of the back, irhite; the breast tinged with rose-colour; xqyper part of head and nape (jreyish-blaek; fore
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