272 Notes on some Cuban Birds, 



39. ISyiiiphesiiia §eiiiii>a!iuata, (Griiielsii.) 



Scolopax semipalmatus, Grn. Syst. Nat. 1, 1*788, 659. 

 Totanus semipalmatus Lemb. Av. Isl. Cub. 1850, p. 92. 

 " " specuUferus, Lemb. Cat. p. 133. 



Symphemia semipalmata et speculi/h-a, Gund. Journ. f, Grn. Sep. 1856, 



p. 351. 



Dr. Gundlach sent a specimen of this species with another 

 representing speculiferus, the latter has the tarsus longer than 

 the one lahelled semipalTnatus, but that appears to be smaller 

 than usual, the tarsus measuring but 2| inches, the tarsus of 

 the other 2i, this last is given bj Prof. Baird as about the size 

 in an extensive series of specimens of semipalmata. 



Just the same variation in measurements is observable in 

 examples from our coast, as in the two from Cuba. I therefore 

 think there is not suflficient ground for their separation into two 

 species. 



33. Macroramphi^s scolopacews, (Say.) 



Limosa scolopacea, Say, Long's Exped. ii. 1832, p. 1*70. 

 Scolojyax longirostris^ Bell. Ann. N. Y. Lye. v. 1848, p. 3. 

 Macrorampihus scolopaceus, Lawr. " v. 1849, p. 4, pi. 1. 



Macroramjihus griseus, Gund.? Journ. f. Grn. Sep. 1856, p. 350. 



Dr. Gundlach has sent one adult bird of this species in fine 

 plumage ; in this specimen the colors of the back and tertiaries 

 are very clear, the rufous markings being particularly bright ; 

 the feathers of the upper part of the breast are each marked 

 with a narrow subterminal dark band. 



I have several specimens of this species obtained at different 

 seasons, from early spring to late in summer. It may be dis- 

 tinguished from M. griseus by its larger size, being 12 inches 

 in length ; the bill is longer, measuring in different examples 

 from 2f to 3 inches ; the bare part of the tibia is about 1 inch 



