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CHARADBIlDiB. 



Subfamily IX. SCOLOPACINiE. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Tarsus longer than the culmen. 



a'. Centre tail-feathers produced beyond 



the others 58. Tbingites, p. 521. 



b'. Centre tail-feathers not produced 

 beyond the others. 

 a". Hind toe very small, not equal to [p. 524. 



half the length of the outer toe 59. ^Echmobhynchus, 



b''. Hind toe long, more than half the 



length of the outer toe 60. Prosobonia, p. 525. 



b* Tarsus and culmen practically equal in length. 



c'. No hind toe 61. Calidris, p. 526. 



d'. A hind toe present. [p. 535. 



c". Bill spatulate 62. Eurhynorhynchtjs, 



d". Bill not spatulate. 



a'". Tarsus about equal to middle 



toe and claw 63. Limonites, p. 537. 



b'". Tarsus longer than middle toe and [p. 561. 



claw 64. Heteropygia, 



c. Culmen longer than tarsus. 



e. Eye not placed so far back in the head ; 



the auricular orifice placed well behind 



the level of the hinder line of the eye. 



e". Tarsus not equal to middle toe ; tibia 



feathered to tibio-tarsal joint .... 65. Arqtjatella, p.578. 

 f". Tarsus exceeding middle toe in length; 

 tibia bare above tibio-tarsal joint. 

 c'". Bill slender and tapering, not com- 

 pressed in the middle, with a sharp 

 culminal ridge ; the end of the bill 

 decurved, and by no means broader [p. 585. 



than the middle 66. Ancylochilus, 



d'". Bill slender, with a culminal ridge, 



but widening at the end ; the tip 



straight, not decurved. 



a 4 . Tail square, the middle feathers 



not prolonged; inner secondaries 



falling short of primaries by 



more than length of tarsus . . G7. Tringa, p. 593. 

 b l . Tail pointed, the middle feathers 

 prolonged and acuminate ; inner 

 secondaries nearly as long as 

 primaries, and falling short of 

 the latter by less than length of 



tarsus 68. Pelidna, p. 602. 



e'". Bill with a broad and fiat culmen, 

 tapering to an awl-shaped point ; 



the tip slightly decurved 69. Limicola, p. 612. 



f. Eye placed further back ; the auricular 

 orifice just below the hinder line of 

 the eye. 

 g". Tarsus not so long as the middle toe 

 and claw. 

 f". With a hind toe. 

 c 4 . Outer primaries not attenuated, 

 except the small bastard quill. 



