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730 U. S&S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT, 
List of specimens. 
Catal. No. | Sex. Locality. When collected. Whence obtained. 
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GLOTTIS, Nilsson. 
Gloitis, Nivsson, Ornithol, Suec. 1817. Type Scolopax glottis, Linn. (Gray.) 
Cu.—Similar to Gambetta. The bill high at base, where it is much compressed, with an upward bend about the middle. Legs 
green. 
The genus Glottis differs very little from the American Gambetta, and all their species might 
very appropriately be combined in a single genus, Glottis. 
GLOTTIS FLORIDANUS, Bon. 
Florida Greenshank. 
Totanus glottis, Aup. Orn. Biog. II, 1835, 483; pl. 269.—Is. Syn. 244.—Iz. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 321; pl. 346. 
Glottis foridanus, Bon. List, 1838, 51. 
Sp Cu—Very similar to 7. glottis of Europe, but apparently rather smaller. Bill longer than the head, slender, and slightly 
curved upwards towards the end; wing rather long; legs long, rather stout; toes moderate, united at base, the larger membrane 
being between the outer and middle toes; that between the inner and middle toes very small; hind toe small. Entire upper 
parts dark ashy, on the head with lines of dark brown; wing feather of the scapulars and greater coverts edged with pale ashy 
white and with a sub-edging line of brownish black; tertiaries dark ashy, with imperfect transverse bars of black; back, rump, 
and upper tail coverts white, the last with transverse bars of brownish 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. Bill greenish brown; legs dark green. Quills brownish black; shaft of first primary white. Total length 
about 11 inches; wing, 7; tail, 3; bill, 24; tarsus rather more than 24 inches. 
Hab.—F lorida, (Mr. Audubon.) 
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 Huropean species, Zotanus glottis; but it appears 
to be smaller in all its parts than any one of numerous specimens from the old world in the 
museum of the Philadelphia Academy. The bill especially is slender and recurved. 
This bird is only known to be entitled to a place in the North America fauna from the fact 
that it was obtained in Florida by Mr. Audubon. 
