838 PROC'EEDTNGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxviii. 



Fiuiiily SCOLOPACID^. 



RHYACOPHILUS GLAREOLA (Linnaeus). 



TriiKja ylareold. Linn.f.us, Syst. Nat., lOth ed., I, 1758, p. 149 (Europe [type 

 locality, Sweden]). 



Two speciinens: one from the plains of Mount Kilimanjaro, August 

 25,"1<S88; the other from the plains east of the same mountain, Decem- 

 ber S, 1888. "Feet greenish." The former is not yet fully molted, 

 this particularly noticeable on the anterior upper ])ai'ts; and further- 

 more it has the breast and juguliun uiedially white with only faded 

 brownish streaks. 



The generic term Rhyaco2)h!lus" is the proper one for the present 

 species, whether or not Helodroniax^' be held as distinct; for Rhyaco- 

 philus^ though published in the same work, occurs on a previous page. 

 Hence if llelodromas be united to Rliii<ic<yphilui< the latter becomes the 

 proper name for the whole group. There seems, however, to be sutiS- 

 cient reason for the generic separation of irelodr<nnat< ochro2>ii-'< from 

 R/il/(tcophilus (jhireola^ since in the formei' the tarsus is equal to the 

 culmen, or less, and the middle toe is less than the culmen; while in the 

 latter species the tarsus and middle toe each exceed the culmen. The 

 characters that distinguish H /q/acoj^h 11 tix ivoxw Totanvs are as follows: 

 Tail about equal to combined length of tarsus and middle toe with 

 claw, instead of much shorter; middle toe with claw but little shorter 

 than tarsus, in place of being only a])out two-thirds as long; feet when 

 extended reaching but little beyond the tail, instead of far beyond. . 



But with Rhyacophilus glai'eola nmst be associated Tringa solltaria 

 Wilson, for a careful comparison fails to reveal any structural differ- 

 ence, although the latter frequently has been considered congeneric 

 with llelodromas ocdiropus sind generically separable ivouiJihydcophilus 

 glareola. Thus we shall have: 



Hf'/ddroiiKts orhropus {hitmjEna). 

 Hln/Kcopliilan glareold (Linn.eus). 

 Rhii<t('i)l>}iihiK t<()litarin>< solUarms (Wilson). 

 RliyacophUii^ xolitariiis rinnamomciis (Brewster). 



ACTODROMAS MINUTA ( Leisler). 



Tringa minula Leisler, Nachtr. Bei-hsteins Naturg. Deutschl., I, 1812, p. 74 

 (Hanau, Germany). 



One example, from the llseri River, on the plains of Mount Kili- 

 manjaro, August 27, 1888, This is an adult female not yet completely 

 molted into winter plumage. 



« Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, p. 140 (type, Tringa glareola 

 Linnteus ) . 



''Kaup, idem, p. 144 (type, Tringa odi ropus Linuxus). 



