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U. S. p. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. No. 



Sex. 



1054 

 10t56 

 4258 

 4259 

 5434 

 8998 

 9818 

 9822 

 9817 

 9820 

 9818 

 6445 





Locality. 



Cape May, N. J 



do 



Calcasieu Pass, La . 

 do 



Medicine creek 



Great Basin, Utali. . 



San Pedro 



San Diego, Cal 



Bodega, Cal 



Presidio, Cal ...... 



San Francisco, Cal . 



When collected. 



May, 1842. 

 do 



Whence obtained. 



S. F. Baird 



J. K. Townsend ... 



G. Wiirdemaim 



do 



Lieut. Warren 



do 



Lieut. Bockwith 



Lieut. Williamson . 

 Lieut. Trowbridge . 



do 



do 



Dr. Suckley 



GLOTTIS, Nils son. 



GlolUs, Nir.ssoN, Ornithol. Suec. 1817. Ty\>e Scolopax i/loUis, Linn. (Gray.) 



Ch. — Similar to GumltUa. The bill high at base, where it is much compressed, with an upward bend about the middle. Legs 

 green. 



The genus Glottis diiFers very little from the American Gamhetta, and all their si)ecies might 

 very appro2:)riately be combined in a single genus, Glottis. 



GLOTTIS FLOKIDANUS, Bon. 



Florida Greenshank. 



Totanus glottis, AuD. Cm. Biog. Ill, 1835, 483; pi. 269.— Ib. Syn. 244.— In. Birds Amer. V, 1843, 321 ; pi. 346. 



Glottis ftmdmus, Bon. List, 1838, 51. 



Sp Ch — Very similar to T. i/loltis of Europe, but apparently rather smaller. Bill longer than the head, slender, and slightly 

 curved upwards towards the end ; wing rather long; legs long, rnth(tr stout; toes moderate, united at base, the larger membrane 

 being between the tuter iind middle toes; that between thiMnner and middle tues very small ; hind toe small. Entire upper 

 parts dark ashy, on the lieaii wiih lines of dark brown ; wing feather of the scapulars and greater coverts edged with pale ashy 

 w hite and with a suh-edgiiig line of brownish black ; tertiarics dark ashy, with imperfect transverse bars of black ; back, rump, 

 and upper tail coverts white, the last with transverse bars of browni.'sh black. Tail white; two middle feathers and outer edges 

 of others with lines of brown. Under parts white, tinged with ashy, and spotted with brown on the breast; under wing coverts 

 and axillaries white, liil! t;reenish brown: legs dark green. Quills brownish black ; shaft of first primary white. Total length 

 about 1 1 inches ; wing, 7 ; tail, 3 ; bill, 2i ; tarsus rather more than 2^ inches. 



//iih. — Florida, (Mr. Auduljou ) 



With the original specimen of Mr. Audubon before us, it is not without some hesitation that 

 we admit this bird as distinct from the common European species, 2'olanvs glottis; but it appears 

 1u be smaller in all its parts than any one of numerous specimens Irom the old world in the 

 museum of the Pliiladelphia Academy. The bill especially is slender and recurved. 



This bird is only known to be entitled to a place in the Nortli America fauna from the fact 

 tliat it was obtained in J''biri(hi by Mr Audubon. 



