hypochondriisque plumbeo-griseis; abdomine medio, caudæ tegminibus inferioribus
albis, illis obscure, bis plane grisescenti fusco fasciatis; rostri rubescenti fusco;
pedibus obscurè olivaceo fuscis.
Long. tot. 9½ unc.; alæ, 6⅝; caudæ, 3; tarsi, 1¼; rostri, ⅝.
The whole of the upper surface and tail sooty-grey; wings dull brown; throat white; chest and flanks leaden grey; centre of the abdomen and under tail coverts white, the former indistinctly, and the latter distinctly, barred with greyish brown; bill, reddish brown; feet, dark olive brown.
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago (October).
This species appear quite distinct from any described one.
Himantopus nigricollis. Vieill.
Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill. Ency. Meth. 340.
Recurvirostra himantopus, Wils. Am. Orn. pl. 58. f. 2.