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LiMicOLA, K. L. Koch. — Bill much longer than the head, nearly as broad as high 

 at the base, very flat and wide up to the tip, where it is gradually rounded to 

 an obtuse point, with the terminal point slightly decur\'ed ; nostrils oval, 

 oblique, placed in a depressed membrane. Wings long, pointed, the first 

 quill the longest ; inner secondaries long and pointed. Tail moderate, 

 doubly emarginate. Legs rather short, slender, bare on the lower part of 

 the tibia ; tarsus scutellate ; the three anterior toes long and slender, slightly 

 webbed at the base ; the hind toe moderate (p. 563). 



Trin'ga, Bn'sson. — Bill rather longer than the head, sometimes decurved, rather 

 flexible, compressed at the base, depressed, dilated, and blunt towards the 

 point, both mandibles grooved along the sides. Nostrils lateral, placed in 

 the membrane of the groove. Wings moderately long, pointed, the first 

 quill the longest. Legs moderately long, slender, lower part of tibia naked ; 

 three toes in front, divided to their origin ; one toe behind, small, and 

 articulated upon the tarsus (p. 565). 



Calidris, Illiger. — Bill as long as the head, straight, slender, flexible, com- 

 pressed at the base, with the point dilated and smooth. Nostrils basal, 

 lateral, narrow, longitudinally cleft in the nasal furrow, which extends to the 

 smooth point of the beak. Wings of moderate length, pointed, the first 

 quill the longest. Tail of twelve feathers, short, doubly emarginate. Legs 

 rather short, naked for some distance above the tarsal joint. Feet zmth only 

 three toes, all directed forwards, with a very small connecting membrane at 

 their base (p. 583). 



Machetes, G. Citvier. — Bill straight, rather slender, as long as the head, with the 

 tip dilated and smooth ; upper mandible laterally sulcated for four fifths of 

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

 commencement of the groove. Wings long and pointed, the first quill the 

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

 tarsal joint. Toes, three before and one behind ; the outer toe imited to 

 the middle one by a small web ; hind toe short, barely touching the ground. 

 During the breeding-season the head and neck of the male are adorned with 

 long plumes, which, when raised, form a large ruff around the head, and the 

 face is covered with small fleshy warts or papillse (p. 5S5). 



Tryngites, Cabanis. — Bill shorter than the head, slender, straight, decur^'ed, 

 acute and hardened at the tip ; nasal groove long ; nostrils basal, linear, 

 rather large. Gape extensive. Wings pointed, the first quill the longest. 

 Tail rounded, with projecting central feathers. Legs moderate, slender, the 

 tibia bare for a considerable distance ; tarsus compressed, slender, scutellate, 

 anterior toes cleft nearly to their bases ; hind toe small, elevated ; claws small, 

 arched, slender, slightly acute (p. 587). 



Bart RAM I A, Lesson. — Bill scarcely longer than the head, moderately slender, 

 straight, the na.sal groove extending nearly to the tip, which is narrowed but 

 obtuse ; nostrils linear, basal. Gape ver)' wide and deep. Wings not 

 reaching to the end of the tail, pointed ; the first quill the longest, the inner 

 secondaries rather elongated. Tail of twelve feathers, long, much rounded. 

 Legs rather long and slender, the tibia bare for a considerable distance ; 

 tarsus scutellate ; toes, three in front, long and slender, a slight web between 

 the outer and the middle ones ; hind toe elevated (p. 589). 



ToT.\NUS, Bechstein. — Bill longer than the head, straight or ver)' slightly re- 



