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1856. — Tcrella (jnilifera Boxapahtk, Conipt. Rend., XLIII, p. 597. 



1876. — Toiamis haiu/htoni Armstkong, Stray Feath., IV (p. 344).— Harting, Ibis, 1883, 



p. ];5;?, pi. iv. 

 187S. — Fscudototauus haiu/litofii Hume, Stray Feath., VI (p. 488). — Id., Game B., India, 



III (p. 403),(1F80). 

 1884. — Pseudototanus (juttifer Stejneger, Zeitscbr. Ges. Orn., I, 1884, p. 223, pL x. 



A new specific name was prepared for this bird besides the new gen- 

 eric term, as I had not been able to find any description which would 

 fit. Nor could 1 in any list detect any recognized species which it 

 could possibly be. S win hoe's lists of Chinese birds, Blakistou's of 

 those from Japan, and Taczanowski's papers on the avifauna of Eastern 

 Siberia did not contain any name with which it could be identified. 

 Even Gray's "Hand list" and SchlegePs " Scolopaces, Mus. P. B." 

 failed. Thinking it rather improbable, however, that so conspicu- 

 ous a form should have escaped detection, as it, by no means, could be 

 regarded as a form of restricted local occurrence, I, as a last refuge, 

 went through all the synonyms of Totauine birds given in the " Hand 

 list." In going through the synonymy of Terclda cincrea I was struck 

 by the suggestive name guttifera Xordm. 



A specimen of TereMa cinerea was then lying on the table before me, 

 but a glance at its dark uropygium, the gray neck slightly streaked 

 with dusky, its whole coloration and small size as compared with the 

 white rump and lower back, rounded black si)ots on the breast, the 

 blackish mottled coloration of the upi>er parts and the much superior 

 size of my bird, which is nearly as large as Totanusnehulariun [rz^gJoffls 

 Behst.), made the idea of a confusion of these two species appear so 

 absurd that I proceeded further on through the list. As 1 did not suc- 

 ceed in finding what I looked for, I once more returned to Terelcia cinerea 

 and its synonym guttifera. The latter name seemed to me so inappro- 

 priate to the Terek Sandpiper that I sent to the library for Eriiiaii's 

 " Naturhistorischer Atlas," although 1 did it more in order to convince 

 myselT than with the hope of finding the original description of my 

 bird. 



Nevertheless, v. Nordmann's description proved to belong to it. It 

 was my good luck to revive this very distinct form (so distinct that it 

 constitutes the type of a new genus) after having been forgotten almost 

 completely for forty nine years. 



As already indicated, its resemblance to Terelcia is so slight that no 

 further comparison is needed. In general style it somewhat resembles 

 Totanns nehularius [glottis Bechst.), and if speciineus have been col- 



