736 U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
a green lustre; primaries slightly tipped with white, and having a white spot on their inner edges; secondaries white at their 
bases, and tipped with white; middle feathers of the tail same green as other upper parts; outer tipped with white, and with 
irregular bars of brownish black. Bill yellowish green, tipped with brown; feet reddish yellow. 
Young less bronzed above, and under parts white, without spots. 
Total length, 74 to 8 inches; wing, 44; tail, 2; bill, 1; tarsus, rather less than.1] inch. 
Hab.—¥Fntire temperate North America; Oregon. Europe. 
Diffused throughout the United States, resorting, in the winter season, to the southern con- 
fines of the republic, and extending its range into Mexico and Central America. This little 
bird has so frequently been noticed in Hurope that it is now given asa species of that con- 
tinent by nearly all late authorities. 
List of specimens. 
Catal.| Sex & Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig. | Collected by— |Length.}| Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. age. lected. No. of wings. 
1504 3 Carlisle; Pa vccescssces. May 10, 1844] S. F. Baird...... 
1512 Gi |eveees dO.. seeeeeereeeess| May 15, 1t44 | sees 
1620 (oy Hoga dO temianiee .| July 9, 1844 
10422 Q Cape May,N. J.. sleeeseee veeee..| Jno. K. Townsend 
O5Siee cannes St.Louis: sce. 660. .| May 13, 1857) Lt. Bryan........ 
6535 | © Indian Key, Fla.. «|ecvcvecccesees| G. WUrdemann +) 
6534 Q fev GO.. evevevccccevceleeceevecceeccelsseess Os. sens sees) socccelececee sees eseeee 
ABAL ltaiciae Rockport, Ohio ........ |aceeacrocsdiocss J.P. Kirtland ....|..cccs|rscocessescccess 
10420 | Q South TllinOis....ccseesleceeee seseeees| N. W. University.)......] R. Kennicott..]. 
BOU5 i lsoacle nee MOmpiROrk. secercsiee(sn<< July (65sec. Lt. Warren...... liatetetavets Dr. Hayden.... 
5439 | Q_ | Knife river ............/ Sept. 12....0.)seeeee do... 
5440| [ettsersseees [ovens doses 
‘SIU0Y| Veseicses Permanent Camp, N. M.| Aug. 20, Capt. Pope...... | 
OATS)Ilceciee c« Fort Tejon, Cal........ SHOR O-OOCOODOD J.Xantus de Vesey} 
6639 rot Sacramento valley..... Joseccccccccecen Lt. Williamson...|...... Dr. Heermann . 
4400 3 Fort Dalles, O. T...... May 25..000: Dr. Suckley ..... AL7iVim |cintarah siels.eieieictepevstere 
6640 |........| Shoalwater bay..... . | June 8, 1854] Gov. Stevens.... 78 | Dr. Cooper..... 
8443 |e ceeweee Puget’s Sound... ....-. laovteleeaiee tees A. 'Campbelly. s\n ecace Dr. Kennerly .. 
SUES Nereis: teilacoom, W. T ‘| a PpoRERSONCCON Dr. Cooper......- lowes 
PHILOMACHUS, Moehring. 
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Philomachus, Mornrine, Genera Avium, 1752, 76. Type Tringa pugnaz, L. 
Machetes, Cuvier, R. Amer. 1817. 
Cu.—Bill nearly straight; as long as the head or the outer toe. Groove of bill extending nearly to the tip. Bill 
depressed, broad to the tip, which is scarcely expanded. Gape extending a little further back than the culmen; the feathers 
of lower mandibles extending rather further forward than those of upper; those of chin still further. Legs slender; tarsus 14 
times as long as middle toe, 1} times the length of bare tibia. A basal web connecting the outer and middle toes to the first 
joint of the former ; inner toe cleft to base. Tail rather long; distinctly barred. 
This genus, usually placed among Tringeae, appears to have most affinity with the present 
section, .nd in a measure to connect Zringoides and Actiturus. The bill is more depressed, and 
rather broader to the end than usual; but it appears hard and firm, and with little or none of 
the spoon-shaped expansion at the end. The greater cleft of the mouth, the half webbing of 
the toes, the bars on the tail, the lengthened tarsi, &c., all seem to indicate the propriety of 
placing it with Zotaneae. 
