. Game, shore, and water birds of India . 896. Totanus fuscus. 897. Totanus calidris. The Common Redshanks. KaXiSpis or o-KaXtSpti = a speckled water-bird, in battan, JO-10-76. H1MANT0PUS.—RECURVIROSTRA. 7 7 J 101 to 11V; Goz. Legs pale red. Bill If, red, tip brown. Darker shafts white and in flight by white on wing. Family HIMANTOPID2E. Stilts and Avocets. Bill very long and very thin, sometimes recurved. Plumage blackand white. Legs long. Found in most parts of the globe. Breed in north region ofN. Africa. Rarely if ever swim. When flying have
. Game, shore, and water birds of India . 896. Totanus fuscus. 897. Totanus calidris. The Common Redshanks. KaXiSpis or o-KaXtSpti = a speckled water-bird, in battan, JO-10-76. H1MANT0PUS.—RECURVIROSTRA. 7 7 J 101 to 11V; Goz. Legs pale red. Bill If, red, tip brown. Darker shafts white and in flight by white on wing. Family HIMANTOPID2E. Stilts and Avocets. Bill very long and very thin, sometimes recurved. Plumage blackand white. Legs long. Found in most parts of the globe. Breed in north region ofN. Africa. Rarely if ever swim. When flying have peculiar Tern-likecall. Avocets, from their strongly webbed feet, were classed by Tem-minck and others near the Flamingo. Genus HIMANTOPUS. Himantopus = a kind of water-bird, in Oppian (circ. 180) ; from ijids = a thong,and ttovs = a foot. Bill twice as long as head. Long thin legs. 898. Himantopus candidus. The Common Stilt. Candldus = of a glistening white. Gaj-paon, India ; Lalgori, Lamgora, Bengal. J 15V. Legs lake-red. Bill 2|, red, tip black. Back, neck, andtail grey. Wing, back of head black, glossed green. Rest white. Genus RECURVIROSTRA. Recurvirostra, from recurvus =
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