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tory of these birds. Cf. Crawshay, Birds of Tierra del Fuego, p. 121 

 (1907). 



Subfamily TOTANINyE. 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 337 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-List 

 Bds. I. p. 157 (1899). 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson. 



Numeuiits, Briss. Orn. V. p. 311 (1760); Sharpe, Cat. 

 Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 340 (1896); Sharpe, Hand- 

 list Bds. I. p. 157 (1899) .... 

 PhcBopHS, Cuv. R^gne An. I. p. 485 (1817) 

 Cracficoniis, Gray, List Gen. Bds. p. 88 (184 1) 



Geographical Range. — Almost cosmopolitan. 



Type. 



N. arqitatiis. 

 N. pJiaopiis. 

 N. arquatus. 



NuMENius BOREALis Latham. 



Scolopax boyealis, Forst. Phil. Trans. LXII. pp. 411, 431 (1772). 

 Nitmeuiits borcalis, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. p. 712 (1790) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, 



P- 333 (Chili) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 146 (1873) ; 



Durnf. Ibis, 1878, p. 404 (Chupat Valley, Oct.) ; Barrows, Auk. I. 



p. 316 (1884 : Concepcion, Sept. : Bahia Blanca, Feb., none seen after 



March ist) ; Seebohm, Geog. Distr. Charadr. p. 333 (1888); Scl. 



& Huds. Argent. Orn. II. p. 192 (1889) ; Oust. Miss. Scient. Cap 



Horn, Oiseaux, p. 290(1891) ; James, New List Chil. B. p. 12 (1892) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 368 (1896) ; id. Hand-list B. I. p. 



158 (1899) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 14 (1900: 



Patagonia and Falkland Islands). 

 Numenius brevirostris, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 75 (1823: Montevideo); 



Gould, Voy. 'Beagle' Birds, p. 129 (1841 ; Buenos Aires) ; Abbott, 



Ibis, 1 86 1, p. 156 (Falkland Islands) ; Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos 



Aires, III. part X. p. 246 (1888: Falkland Is.). 



