364 CHARADRIIDZ. 
Subfam. TOTANINE. 
The Totanine have an extensive nasal groove in the upper mandible, produced 
along the greater part of the latter. The tarsus, in all but the Curlews, has transverse 
plates on both the anterior and posterior aspect, and there is an interdigital web 
connecting the outer and inner toes with the middle one. 
The members of this subfamily, which embraces the Curlews, Godwits, and most 
of the Sandpipers, are spread all over the world and are everywhere strongly represented. 
NUMENIUS. 
Numenius, Briss. Orn. v. p. 811 (1760) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 340 (1896). 
The Curlews are birds of considerable size, with a curved or distinctly arched bill, 
the tarsus being transversely scaled in front and reticulate behind. 
Eight species of Curlew are known, of which four are confined to America or the 
Pacific Islands, the other four being found in the Old World. Most of them breed in 
the temperate portions of each hemisphere, and migrate south in winter; but at least 
one species, WV. tenuirostris, is resident in south temperate regions, being confined to 
the Mediterranean area. | 
“1. Numenius longirostris. | 
Numenius longirostris, Wilson, Amer. Orn. viii. p. 23, t. 64. fig. 4°; Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Voég- 
p- 37; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 59°; Scl. P. Z.S. 1864, p. 178°; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, 
Scolopaces, p. 85°; Salv. Ibis, 1865, p. 196°; 1866, p. 197"; 1889, p. 379°; Dresser, 
Ibis, 1866, p. 40°; Dugés, La Nat. i. p. 142°; Finsch, Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, 1870, 
p. 863"'; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 309"; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 48; 
Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 233“; Baird, Brewer, & Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 8117’; 
Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 179"; Herrera, La Nat. i. pp. 18677, 328%; 
A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 97%; Elliot, N. Amer. Shore-Birds, 
p. 151”; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 3852”; Oates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. 
p- 38, t. 2. fig. 8”. 
Ptil. hiem. Supra brunnescenti-nigro et pallide cinnamomeo variegatus, dorso maculis rufescentibus ornato ; 
tectricibus alarum cinnamomeis, minimis et medianis nigro medialiter notatis; majoribus autem et 
remigibus plerisque, dorso postico, uropygio supracaudalibus rectricibusque cinnamomeis brunneo fasciatis ; 
primariis externis extus et ad apicem nigricantibus; secundariis intimis brunneo et cinnamomeo dentatim 
fasciatis; pileo dorso concolore; collo undique pallide cinnamomeo, nigricanti-brunneo longitudinaliter 
lineato ; supercilio lato albido; facie laterali pallide cinnamomea, vix brunneo striolata; gutture albi- 
cante ; corpore reliquo subtus dilute cervino ; subalaribus, axillaribus et remigibus intus cinnamomeis : 
rostro nigro, mandibule dimidio basali lilacino-brunneo; pedibus cinereis; iride brunnea. Long. tota 
circa 24°0, ale 10°8, caude 4°9, culm. 7:9, tarsi 3°55. (Descr. avis adultee ex Duefias. Mus. nostr.) 
© mari similis, sed paullo major. 
Pui. estiv. gutturis imi et prepectoris plumis medialiter nigro striolatis; hypochondriis fusco-brunneo sparsim 
fasciatis. 
Hab. Norra America, breeding in the South Atlantic States and in the interior 
