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MACRORHAMPHUS. 



NEXT to the Snipes, and by some persons among 

 them, has been placed a rare British bird, form- 

 ing the genus Macrorhamphus of Leach. It is, in 

 reality, a marine Snipe, with the plumage and sea- 

 sonal changes of the tringee. 



GENUS MACRORHAMPHUS, Leach, Generic cha- 

 racters Bill long, slightly dilated at the tip, 

 and there incurved and rugose above and 

 below; mandible and maxilla furrowed until 

 near the tip; nostrils basal, pervious; wings 

 long, first and second quills longest, and nearly 

 - equal ; small bastard quill narrow and rigid ; 

 legs, with the tibiae, naked for half the length ; 

 outer toes connected by a web to the first joint, 

 hinder toe resting on its tip only. 



Type, M . griseus. 



e. Frequents the sea coasts, and is seldom 

 seen inland ; breeding and winter plumage 

 dissimilar. Distribution, Europe, America. 



THE BROWN LONGBEAK, MACRORHAMPHUS GRT- 

 SEUS, Leach. Macrorhamphus griseus, Leach, Sel- 

 by. Scolopax grisea, Penn., Mont., Jenyns, Temm. 

 Brown Snipe, Brown Longbeak, Red-breasted 

 Snipe, Grey Snipe of British authors. This bird 

 is properly a native of North America, and reaches 



