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Ardea scolopacea, Gmel. Lath. 



Courlan ou Courliri, Buffon Ois. 7. p. 442. pi. Enl. 848. 

 Scolopaceus Heron, Lath. Syn. Hi. 

 Rallus guarauna, III. ? 

 Brazilian Whimbrel Lath. Syn. Hi p. 125? 

 Aramus carau, Vieill. taken from D'Azara, we hardly think 

 to be a distinct species. 



TRINGA. 



Tiunga HiMANTOPus, Nobis. Bill much longer than the head, 

 sub-arched ; legs very long, toes semipalmated ; rump white, 

 banded with black; tail even, gray, middle feathers longest, 

 lateral white internally and along the middle. 



Total length nearly nine and a half inches. Bill, one and 

 five eighths. Tarsus one and three quarters. Naked space 

 of the tibia, one and a quarter. 



This new species, which I shot from a flock at Long 

 Branch, New-Jersey, in the middle of July, is very remarka- 

 ble for its anomalous characters. It connects still more closely 

 than the other Tringce with subarched bills, the two genera 

 Numenius and Tringa, since to other common traits, it unites 

 the semipalmated toes; indeed, instead of placing it at the 

 head of Tringa, we should place it at the last of Numenius, 

 was it not for its long, slender, and delicate legs and toes. As 

 a species, in point of form, dimensions, and especially of plu- 

 mage, this bird resembles greatly the Tringa subarquata of 

 Temminck, (Numenius afrkanus, Lath.) from which it is 

 however, eminently distinguished by its still longer and semi- 

 palmated feet,* in which latter character only it resembles 

 Tringa semipalmata, Wils. It cannot even at first sight be 

 mistaken for any other Tringa, differing widely from each 



* Might not this be taken for the true Numenius afrkanus of Latham ? 



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