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Totaniis (?) scarabellii, Portis '. 



Founded upou a cruslied hind limb, provisionally referred to this genus. 



Hah. Europe (Italy). 



From the Pliocene of Gabbro . 



Genus non det. 



The undermentioned specimen indicates a bird agreeing with 

 Totanus in the length and slenderness of the phalangeals of the 

 pes, its size being slightly superior to that of Totanus ochropus. 



Hah, Europe (France). 



29489. A split slab of gypsum showing the imperfect bones of one 

 of the hind limbs ; from the Upper Eocene (Lower Oligo- 

 cene) of Montmartre. The femur is wanting. The pro- 

 portions of the bones are very similar to those obtaining in 

 recent species of Totanus. The small hallux characteristic 

 of the Limicolas is well shown. 



Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. 



Genus ELORIUS, Milne-Edwards'. 



Apparently allied to Limicola. The coracoid is more slender, 

 with a short hyosternal process and a narrow sternal articular sur- 

 face. As in Limicola, the inner ridge of the talon of the tarso- 

 metatarsus does not join with the next ridge to form a closed tube 

 for the inner flexor tendon ; but the shaft is thicker and the proxi- 

 mal extremity relatively narrower. 



The skull provisionally referred to this genus has the straight 

 facial profile of Limosa, with the same broad interorbital bar and 

 prominent lachrymals, but the preorbital grooves, which meet in the 

 middle line, are more defined. 



Elorius paludicola, Milne-Edwards \ 



The type and only described species. Somewhat smaller than 

 the existing Totanus canescens, with a rclativelj* stouter tarso-meta- 

 tarsus, of which the length is 0,054. 



J fab. Europe (France). 



' Mem. R. Ac. Torino, ser. 2, vol. xxxviii. p. 181 (1888). 

 - Oiseaux Fossiles de la France, vol. i. p. 407 (1SG7-68). 

 ^ Loc. cit. 



