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  Observations- 
  on 
  the 
  Limosa 
  Scolopacea 
  of 
  Say. 
  By 
  John 
  

   Bell. 
  Read 
  October 
  9th, 
  1848. 
  

  

  This 
  bird, 
  ^first 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Say, 
  has 
  heretofore 
  been 
  

   confounded 
  with 
  Scolopax 
  Noveboraoensis, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  bears 
  

   so 
  strong 
  a 
  resemblance, 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  considered 
  by 
  

   ornithologists 
  as 
  identical. 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  happy, 
  from 
  authentic 
  

   sources, 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  two, 
  and 
  to 
  

   confirm 
  the 
  truth 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Say's 
  determination. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Say 
  describes 
  his 
  bird 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  dusky 
  cinereous, 
  

   bill 
  straight 
  ; 
  upper 
  mandible 
  a 
  little 
  longer, 
  and 
  very 
  slightly 
  

   arcuated 
  towards 
  the 
  tip, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  the 
  head; 
  

   yellowish 
  green, 
  tip 
  black, 
  dilated, 
  rugous 
  with 
  a 
  dorsal 
  

   groove 
  ; 
  palate, 
  with 
  reflected 
  cartilaginous 
  spines 
  ; 
  head, 
  with 
  

   a 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  mandible 
  over 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  inferior 
  orbit, 
  

   white 
  ; 
  cheeks, 
  chin, 
  throat, 
  and 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  breast, 
  cinere- 
  

   ous 
  ; 
  the 
  plumage 
  margined 
  with 
  dull 
  whitish 
  ; 
  back, 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  interscapulars, 
  white 
  ; 
  rump 
  plumage 
  white, 
  fasciate 
  with 
  

  

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