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LIMlCOL.n. 



SCOLOPACID.E. 



H'JOLOPACID.f:. 



Machetes pugnax .(Linuieus*). 



THE RUFF. 



Machetes jtxgnax. 



Machetes, Cuvier\. —Bill straight, rather slender, as long as the head, with 

 the tip dilated and smooth ; upper iriandible laterally sulcated for four-tifths 

 of its length; culmen rounded. Nostrils bisal, lateral, linear, placed in the 

 coruniencement of the groove. Wings long and pointed, the first quill-feather 

 the longest. Legs moderate, the tibia naked for a considerable space above the 



* Tringa Pumax, Linn»us, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p, 247 (1766). 

 t Regne Animal, i. p. 490 (1817). 



