﻿2 
  Observations 
  on 
  Limosa 
  Scolopacea. 
  

  

  black, 
  which 
  latter 
  color 
  is 
  more 
  abundant; 
  lesser 
  wing-coverts 
  

   marginod 
  with 
  whitish 
  ; 
  greater 
  wing-coverts 
  black 
  ; 
  terminal 
  

   margin 
  white 
  ; 
  secondaries 
  black, 
  interior 
  ones 
  very 
  slightly- 
  

   edged 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  outer 
  shaft 
  white, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   second 
  ; 
  breast 
  and 
  belly 
  white 
  ; 
  sides 
  spotted 
  or 
  undulated 
  

   with 
  blackish 
  cinereous 
  ; 
  inferior 
  tail 
  coverts 
  with 
  black 
  

   abbreviated 
  bands, 
  the 
  white 
  prevailing 
  ; 
  feet 
  dirty 
  greenish 
  ; 
  

   toes 
  webbed 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  exterior 
  one 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  toe, 
  the 
  interior 
  one 
  very 
  short, 
  hind 
  toe 
  rather 
  

   long. 
  

  

  Length 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  bill 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  11/4 
  in. 
  

  

  „ 
  of 
  bill 
  2K 
  „ 
  

  

  ,, 
  of 
  feet, 
  ..... 
  5K 
  ,i 
  

  

  Tail 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  IH 
  „ 
  

  

  Several 
  specimens 
  which 
  were 
  shot 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  at 
  the 
  

   Bowyer 
  Creek, 
  correspond 
  with 
  the 
  genus 
  Scolopax 
  Cuv., 
  in 
  

   having 
  the 
  dorsal 
  grooves 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  mandible, 
  

   and 
  in 
  having 
  this 
  part 
  dilated 
  and 
  rugose, 
  but 
  the 
  eye 
  is 
  not 
  

   large, 
  nor 
  is 
  it 
  placed 
  far 
  back 
  upon 
  the 
  head, 
  which 
  two 
  

   latter 
  characters, 
  combined 
  with 
  its 
  more 
  elevated 
  and 
  slender 
  

   figure, 
  and 
  the 
  circumstance 
  of 
  the 
  thighs 
  being 
  denuded 
  of 
  

   feathers 
  high 
  above 
  the 
  knees, 
  and 
  the 
  exterior 
  toe 
  being 
  

   united 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  toe 
  by 
  a 
  membrane, 
  which 
  extends 
  as 
  

   far 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  joint, 
  and 
  the 
  toes 
  being 
  also 
  margined, 
  com- 
  

   bine 
  to 
  distinguish 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  to 
  

   which 
  the 
  form 
  and 
  characters 
  of 
  its 
  bill 
  would 
  refer 
  it, 
  and 
  

   approach 
  it 
  more 
  closely 
  to 
  Limosa, 
  In 
  one 
  specimen, 
  the 
  

   two 
  exterior 
  primaries 
  on 
  each 
  wing 
  were 
  light 
  brown, 
  but 
  

   the 
  quills 
  were 
  white. 
  It 
  may, 
  perhaps, 
  with 
  propriety 
  be 
  

   considered 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  genus, 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  following 
  

   characters 
  be 
  placed 
  between 
  the 
  genera 
  Scolopax 
  and 
  Limosa. 
  

  

  Bill 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  dilated 
  and 
  rugose 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  

  

  