or little-known Limicolae. 



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Before I could form any opinion on this subject, it was of 

 course material that I should examine the type or types of 

 Temminck's description. Accordingly I visited the rich mu- 

 seum at Leiden, where, although a week was too short to 

 admit of my inspecting all the ornithological treasures, I was 

 enabled to satisfy myself conclusively upon this point, which 

 was one of the chief objects of my visit. 



The types were found duly labelled in Temminck's hand- 

 writing, Charadrius pecuarius. They are from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and belong undoubtedly to the smaller conti- 

 nental species. 



Further than this, I saw no specimens of the St.-Helena 

 bird in the museum, and from the observations made to me 

 at the time by Professor Schlegel I feel assured that Tem- 

 minck was not acquainted with that species. On carefully 

 taking the measurements of the specimens which he had 

 labelled, I find that they correspond almost exactly with those 

 of the figure of Ch. pecuarius in the ' Planche Coloriee } 183, 

 which may therefore be said to be of life-size, although not so 

 characterized in the accompanying letterpress. 



JEgialitis varius seu pecuarius. 



