. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . ark axillaries. TheBlack Stilt has on an average shorter legs than its Australian ally. > Length of tarsi. H. leucocephalus. H. melas. Young in first plumage 4-0 in. 33 in. Average of adults 44 in. 34 in. Extreme 46 in. 3-7 in. 2SG HIMANTOPUS. Geographi-cal distribu-tion. Young. The Black Stilt is a resident of New Zealand; its alleged occurrence in Australiaappears to rest on insufficient evidence. The approach of its winter plumage towards the adult dress of the Australian St
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . ark axillaries. TheBlack Stilt has on an average shorter legs than its Australian ally. > Length of tarsi. H. leucocephalus. H. melas. Young in first plumage 4-0 in. 33 in. Average of adults 44 in. 34 in. Extreme 46 in. 3-7 in. 2SG HIMANTOPUS. Geographi-cal distribu-tion. Young. The Black Stilt is a resident of New Zealand; its alleged occurrence in Australiaappears to rest on insufficient evidence. The approach of its winter plumage towards the adult dress of the Australian Stiltproves the close relationship of the two species ; and the fact that the young in first plumagehave the swollen joint between the tibia and the tarsus, so conspicuous in the young of(Edicnemus, points to its affinity with the birds of that genus. Young in first plumage only differ from the same dress of II leucocephalus in havingdark brown axillaries, and dark outer webs to the tail-feathers. Potts remarks that in the South Island of New Zealand this bird breeds on the sandyriver-beds. *3.* Aberrant HIMANTOPUS ANDINUS. PEBLVIAN STILT. Diagnosis. HiMANTOPUs secundariis onmino nigris : halluce parvo. Variations. The very limited range of this species precludes the possibility of local races being formed. HIMANTOPUS. 287 Recurvirostra andina, Philippi §■ Landbeck, Wiegm. Arch. 1863, pt. i. p. andinus {Phil. $$ Landb.), Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 232. Synonym}. Plates.—Harting, Ibis, 1874, pi. —Philippi & Landbeck, loc. —Unknown. Literature. The Peruvian Stilt is the only species of the genus having webbed feet and a hind toewhich has no white on the secondaries. It was for a long time only known from a single example obtained more than thirtyyears ago by Dr. Philippi near the salt lake of Atacama, about 16,000 feet above the levelof the Pacific Ocean, on the confines of Peru and Chili. In 1886, however, three exampleswere obtained
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