443 



209. Tetrao PHA8IANELLU8. Mottled ; tail short, cuneiform, 

 of eighteen narrow, square feathers, the two middle much the 

 longest, the outer white at the point. 



Female similar to the male. Winter plumage, much darker 

 and more glossy. 



Sharp-tailed Grous, Tetrao phusianellas, Nob. Am. Orn. 

 Hi. pi. 29. 



Inhabits the high northern regions of America, as well as 

 the high range of the Rocky Mountains. 



Note 21. Ardea pealii. We think proper to give the equiva- 

 lent phrase for the European Little Egret. 



Ardea garzetta, L. Crested ; snowy white ; bill very slender, 

 four inches long, and with the legs, black ; toes yellowish ; tarsus 

 less than four inches long. 



Adult, crest small, of but two or three slender, elongated feath- 

 ers ; a large neck-fringe of compact, subulate feathers ; back with 

 long flowing silky plumes. 



Young and moulting hardly crested, and without the dorsal train. 



Little Egret, Lath. Sgarza minore bianca, St. degli uccelli. iv. 

 pi. 423. and 424. 



Inhabits Asia, and eastern, as well as southern Europe. 



Note 22. Tantalus fuscus. It is now well ascertained that 

 there is an Ibis fusca, distinct from the young of J. rubra, but we 

 have not been able to trace it in the United States. 



Note 23. (24. by mistake.) Numenius brevirostris, Temm. In 

 stating that this new species of Lichtenstein differs essentially from 

 Latham's N. borealis, Temminck, who, like all modern writers 

 appears to be very little accpuainted with the North American Nume- 

 nii, must have had in view our N. hudsonicus, Lath. (Scolopax 

 borealis, Gm.) These two birds have always been confounded or 

 mistaken for each other, and even by Latham himself, through in- 

 advertence, as is proved by the name he has selected from Gmelin, 

 and above all by its synonymy. 



The fact is, that the North American Numenii have never been 

 properly understood ; but we hope that the phrases we have 

 given will settle them as three distinct species ; and as they are 



