26 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



dull black, the feathers edged with ochraceous ; wing coverts, rump and upper tail 

 coverts plumbeous. Length about 7.75, wing 5.00, tail 2.10, tarsus .80, culmen .80, 

 toe .82. Hub. Northern portions of northern hemisphere. Hawaii, Maui." 



45. Crymo'philus fuleca'rius (Lixx.). Red Phalarope. 



F.vMiLY RBCURVIROS'TRID^.— vStilts .\nd Avocets. 



Genus. 

 With the hind toe absent ; toes with scarcel}- any web, and divided to the base; 

 bill nearly straight (Page 26.) Himan'topus. 



Genus HIMAN'TOPUS Brisson. 



Under surface of the body white; head and neck behind black, with no complete 

 white collar on the latter; forehead white; ear coverts and sides of face black; back of 

 neck and upper parts, including wings, black with a deep gloss; tail light grey tipped 

 with black. Length about 15.00, wing S. 75-9. 50, tail 3.25-3.30, culmen 2.80-3.10, 

 tai'sus 4.75, middle toe 1.80. If ah. Hawaiian Islands, 

 ri. XXV., 9429. 46. H. knud'seni Stejn. Hawaiian Stilt, Kukuluaeo. 



F.^MiLv SCOLOPAC'ID^.— SNIPE.S, S.\ndpipkrs, Etc. 



Genera. 

 a. Back of tarsus with continuous row of transverse scutulce ( /. r., scjuare plates ); 

 bill straight. Ears situated decidedly posterior to the eye (not underneath it'"); plum- 

 age varying with the .seasons. (Sub-family Ti i)igiiia'.) 

 b. Hind toe present. 



C. No web between the anterior toes; bill but slightly if at all widened 

 at the tip ; exposed culmen longer than the middle toe and claw .... (Page 27. ) Trin'ga. 

 CC. Middle toe united to one or both of the lateral toes by a membrane; 

 tail not more than half as long as the wing. 



d. Tail longer than the exposed culmen ; wing more than 4.50; 

 axillaries uniform greyish or dusky; no web between the middle and inner toe. 



(Page 27.) Heteracti'tis. 

 dd. Tail shorter than the exposed culmen; wing more than 7.00; 



terminal portion of both mandibles smooth and hard (Page 27.) I/inio'sa. 



bb. Hind toe absent (Page 28. ) Cal'idris. 



aa. Back of tarsus covered with hexagonal scales. (Sub-family Niiiniiuc.) 



(Page 28.) Ntime'nius. 



2b A specinieti in fine winter plnmage is iu the colled^ion made by Brother Matthias, on Maui, which is now in the St. Louis College 

 cabinet. Honolulu, h'l-oni this specimen the above description and measurements are taken. (See also llenshaw. Auk. XVII.. p. 203.) Dr_ 

 *3chauiusland lists this species from Lavsan Island. 



2? Mr. Ileushaw adds Gallinago delkata (Ord.;, from Hawaii. 



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