. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CHARADRIIDiE. 563. -^ ';^,^)\'i(y/,Vj! THE BLACK-WINGED STILT. HiMANTOPUs CANDiDUS, Bonnaterre. The occurrence of the Stilt in the British Islands was noticed as long ago as 1684 by Sir Robert Sibbald, who described and figured one of two examples which had been shot at a lake near the town of Dumfries. Since that date a few more have been obtained or observed—at long intervals—on the mainland of Scotland, as well as in the Orkneys and Shetlands ; while two are recorded from Yorkshire, one each from Notts, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, and ab
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CHARADRIIDiE. 563. -^ ';^,^)\'i(y/,Vj! THE BLACK-WINGED STILT. HiMANTOPUs CANDiDUS, Bonnaterre. The occurrence of the Stilt in the British Islands was noticed as long ago as 1684 by Sir Robert Sibbald, who described and figured one of two examples which had been shot at a lake near the town of Dumfries. Since that date a few more have been obtained or observed—at long intervals—on the mainland of Scotland, as well as in the Orkneys and Shetlands ; while two are recorded from Yorkshire, one each from Notts, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, and about fourteen from Norfolk. Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Gloucester- shire and some inland counties have also been visited, while in the south of England, from Kent to Cornwall, a good many specimens have been procured from time to time; on the west side, however, the Stilt is very rare, though Montagu mentions one from Anglesea. In Ireland it has been met with on five or six occasions. As a rule the occurrences in the British Islands have been in the months X X 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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