I aO B G t J L E G -G r E U ) P 1 L O V B R .
Himantopus m d an o p te ru s j. fjlie y e r j.
fy C/fcUmajuict
.IIIIi^NTOPUS,
C h a r . lon g , slemler, cy lin d r ical, flattened at iU lK ise an d $ $ $ $ £ „ *i; th e <p
| | | b M i mamiiMes cliiumelwt f | Jpi# «ftorrt o f | | I | their \m g ft? § * '* ^ ¡ 1 6 *11$
lateral, Imcar. 7 b m v e r y l<yo$ »ntf. «lewder. Toes throe b t6 m , th e «.KtWMwi m>
tptSs -united b y ji jneanbrAflie ;■ m ik small and f la t W higs vewjf lon g , f p ; ^ | | f ■; |
. 1 th e lo n g e s t
I . () N G - t B G O B D P l i O 'V
Hinaiwitopw* inelaaoptei'hs^ Mefmr.
•• f/Kcha*-.*;:- " isti|MtoWv
.H;#,# //■«»« all hmigli ^i«iaj5v distributed, w>;-.r«ihw*. se fiefe'’*®
■-4'^ ^ example here figure«!, awl .owe uery »early allied so it fro»» Nor;
‘If’feis bird, s^ siugnfet*, in its sppcwwioe', Inwit isit «jftinwwds»^'«,
offen killed in England5 birt i': Hitcfe be claused KiQOfii£ i t rife -te-kw
. If-ifc equally scarce in Holland and the northern portum ¡if J&r.vott« : „¡; .
it exhibits ,so wide a range, thafitfi deficiency in point o f number ii
it»;» it* almost universal distribution. We have been presented with akuos
««we; species, from Africa, India,: the Islands o f ¿he Indian Archipelago,
South America.
T lie Iiongdeggeil Plover, as ite confbraiation would leasl us to cor e
isciunfcut is morasses, and the low few .Ixires^of lakes, rivers’ and
j f j j j f l it is said to airiwe from |J§| «* -smidl i t takes nj
■ o f Hongnjpy and Kuwait W# M. Te«
b l o t to this
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ini' wades p sea
prrence happen
»rich
4M»wfe^ter''of ~~ -rj^wWre: ‘ r '
dWI^Bg-leggedllo««-, p j | | | g | |
astonishing rapidity, -When on fur»« isra«-*!, §!' .’fe
ground is not its congenial habitat. f he egg jiiy figured hi
fehjglh by one inch three lines .in briw.ikh,. of- a psic hhcfeh
, la the male, the top o f l i e head, face awVfeider parts i
ol! the head and neck black ’j . back and wings black with gin
tii’hstison: tarsi add feet fine orange-rcd. fit some stages o
die H! i.?I; beibg, in all probability, the plumage b f s«mi»ut^
'The female diflTm irom the male in bwr'ng the back Ijwr
The youugbave their colours altogeib 'r more olasttwin!, *r,
»(iinsajDt.
Wo have figured a male in th<
oiidude, is avbird whose most coiigcm4
Hence in the eastern portions o f Europe,
ode along the bikes and. aniong the vm%
rt rears ib# progeny, -and where it fiier-
l ip 'Owt, iti its l i p - btd |S |||| s?8p i l I
«iifts, sikfi «iutiiy oTthe; th » >TiKtrng fefeds.
i^rfectly'iWhite,
tuad irideaare alijp tea*