400 CLASS XVI. 



(tsh-cohured sandpiper, la maubeche; compare for the syuonomy Temminck, 

 Manuel, ii. pp. 628 — 630; — Tringa manYtma Brunkich, Naum. Taf. 188; 

 the purple sandpiper; — Tringa ciyiclus L. (and Tringa aJpina ejusd., Naum.), 

 Tringa variabilis Meter, Buff. PI. enl. 852, Naum. Taf. 187, &c. ; the 

 dunlin. A small species Tringa minuta Leisler, Nozemann en Sepp 

 Nederl. Vog. iii. 271, the stint or sea-lark, is scattered far over the eastern 

 hemisphere, through Europe, Africa, the Sunda Isles, New Guinea and 

 New Holland, from all of which localities there are specimens in the RijJcs- 

 Museum at Leyden. 



A species with a long bill, curved downwards, Tringa subarquata Temm., 

 Scolopax subarquata Gm. (and africana ejusd.), Buff. PI. enl. 851, Naum. 

 Taf. 185, which occurs in Europe, Asia and India, has given occasion, from 

 a pair of specimens in which the bill had been distorted and the thumb cut 

 off, for forming the nominal genus Falcinellus Cuv. ; a figure is to be seen 

 in Temm. PI. color. 510. See Schlegel Kritische Uebersickt der Europdi- 

 schen Vogel, Leyden, 1844, s. 97, 98. 



In one species the bill is long and pressed flat, Tringa platyrhyncha 

 Temm., Numenius pygmceus Lath., Naum. Taf. 207. On this is founded 

 the genus Limicola KocH, Ketserl. Blas. This species has some resem- 

 blance, especially in the plumage, to Scolopax gallinula. 



B. Membrane between the outer and middle toes. 

 Sub-genus : Machetes Cuv., Philow.achus Moehr., Gray. 



Sp. Tringa pwjnax L., Buff. PI. enl. 305 male, 306 fem.. Lesson Ornith. 

 PI. 103, fig. 2, Naum. Taf. 190 — 193 ; the ruff maXe, le combattant, p>aon de 

 mer, fem. reeve. This bird bi'oods in numbers with us, lives on moist pas- 

 tures, and migrates in autumn. The males, larger than the female, are at 

 pairing time ornamented with a ruff of feathers and very variously marked. 

 In May they pass a great part of the day on some battle-field, and attack 

 each other furiously with their bills. The female lays 4 or 5 pointed eggs 

 coloured green with brown speckles. 



C. Anterior toes conjoined at the base by membrane. 



Sub-genus: Hemipalavia Bonap., Gray. 



Sp. Tringa himantopus BONAP., Swainson and Richardson, Fauna horeali- 

 Amer., Birds, PI. 66. 



Hetero2^oda Natall. 



EurynorhyncJius NiLSSON. 



Note. — Genus related to tlie Tringoe, with bill depressed, dilated 

 at the tip. Sp. Eurynorhynchus griseus Nilss., Platalea pygmcea 

 L. Mus. Ad. Frid., Tomi sec. Prodrom. Holmise, 17G4, p. 26. See 

 figure in Gray Gen. of Birds, PI. clii. This veiy rare bird is not 

 an inhabitant of Surinam, as stated by Linn^us, but of the East 

 Indies. 



