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306. Totanus graecus Brehm = Tringa totamis totanvs. 

 Totanus graecus Brehm, Vogel/ang, p. 312 (185i) — Greece). 



Type : S ad., Attica, spring 1844. A. Lindermayer leg. 



307. Totanus sylvestris Brehm = Totanvs glareola. 



Totanus sylvestris Brehm, Handb. Natnrij. Voj. Deutschl. p. 638 (1831 — Ahlsdorf unci am Friessnitzer 

 See). 



1 Type : ? Friessnitzer See, 0. v. 1817. 



This is the only adult bird from one of the localities mentioned with the 

 name sylvestris on the label. I therefore take it to be the type. 



308. Totanus palustris Brehm = Totanus glareola. 



Totanus palustrisBi-e'am, Handb. Natiirg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 639(1831 — Nord uiid .Mitteldcutechland, 

 Ahlsdorf). 



Type: ? ad., Ahlsdorf, 10. v. 1818. Frhr. von Seyffertitz leg. 



309. Himantopus longipes Brehm = Himantofus himajitopus himantopus. 



Himantopus longipes Brehm, Lehrh. Naturg. eur. Vdg. II., p. 506 (1824 — Egypt). 



Type : <? ad., Egypt. 



Unfortunately, the original label is lost, the label being copied and details 

 not given, but the specimen agrees very well with the description ; the naked 

 portion of the tibia is exceptionally large, a point on which the author laid 

 special stress. 



310. Himantopus melanocephalus Brehm = Himantopus himantopus himantopus. 



Himantopus melanocephalus Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 324 (1855 — Greece). 



Type: (J ad., Phalereus, Greece, v. 1845. Dr. Lindermayer leg. 



There are three specimens, two males and one female, all collected in 

 Greece in 1845, which are named melanocephalus, all being the types of the 

 description. 



311. RecuTvirostra fissipes Brehm = Recurvirostra avosetta avosetta. 



Securvirostra fissipes Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 686 (1831 — " Ostsee, namentlioh an 

 den pommerschen Kiisten "). 



Probable type: S ad., Riigen, 10. vi. 1819. SchUling leg. 

 312. Recurvirostra Helebi A. E. Brehm = Recurvirostra avosetta avosetta. 



Recurvirostra Helebi A. E. Brehm, Journ. f. Orn. 1854. p. 84 (Egypt). 



Type : ? ad., Egypt, 3. iv. 1849. Baron von Miiller's Exped. A. E. Brehm 

 leg. 



313. Limosa Islandica Brehm = Limosa limosa limosa. 

 Limosa Islandica Brehm, Handb. Vog. Deutschl. p. 626 (1831 — Iceland). 

 Type: 3 ad., Iceland, 10. vi. 1818. 



