﻿Observations 
  on 
  Limosa 
  Scolopacea. 
  3 
  

  

  tip 
  slightly 
  curved 
  downwards 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  dorsal 
  groove 
  ; 
  

   nasal 
  groove 
  elongated 
  ; 
  feet 
  long, 
  an 
  extensive 
  naked 
  space 
  

   above 
  the 
  knee 
  ; 
  toes 
  slightly 
  marginated, 
  a 
  membrane 
  con- 
  

   necting 
  the 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  toes 
  ; 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  

   primaries 
  rather 
  longest. 
  

  

  From 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  now 
  before 
  me, 
  I 
  find 
  the 
  

   adult 
  in 
  summer, 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  entire 
  lower 
  parts 
  uniformly 
  

   rufous, 
  the 
  sides 
  barred 
  with 
  black. 
  No 
  mention 
  of 
  this 
  

   circumstance 
  being 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Say, 
  I 
  presume 
  that 
  his 
  

   description 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  bird 
  in' 
  its 
  winter 
  plumage 
  : 
  

   with 
  this 
  exception 
  it 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  specimens 
  in 
  my 
  

   possession. 
  He 
  says, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  tail 
  projects 
  more 
  

   than 
  an 
  inch 
  beyond 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  in 
  all 
  those 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  

   examined, 
  the 
  wings 
  and 
  tail 
  are 
  nearly 
  equal, 
  the 
  last 
  

   extending 
  only 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  beyond 
  the 
  former 
  ; 
  

   this 
  difference 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Say's 
  bird, 
  probably 
  arose 
  from 
  its 
  being 
  

   a 
  dried 
  specimen. 
  

  

  I 
  propose 
  to 
  call 
  this 
  species, 
  Scolopax 
  longirostris, 
  and 
  

   venture 
  to 
  offer 
  this 
  description 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Scolopax 
  longirostris. 
  — 
  Bill 
  very 
  long, 
  exceeding 
  in 
  length 
  

   any 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  straight 
  ; 
  tibia 
  bare, 
  one 
  inch 
  

   above 
  the 
  knee. 
  Brown 
  or 
  brownish 
  black 
  marked 
  with 
  

   rufous 
  ; 
  line 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  bill, 
  over 
  the 
  eye 
  dull 
  yellowish 
  

   white. 
  Back 
  and 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  barred 
  with 
  

   black, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  spotted 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  circumstance 
  of 
  finding 
  many 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  

   bird 
  in 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  distinguished 
  ornithologists 
  

   labeled 
  Scolopax 
  Noveboracensis, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  procured 
  at 
  

   various 
  times 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  we 
  may 
  infer 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  yearly 
  visitor. 
  

  

  