RUFFS. 



THE next form, separated from the Totani and 

 true Tringce, is very remarkable, both on account 

 of the singular development of feathers on the neck 

 during the breeding season, and for the variations 

 in the colouring by which these are marked, no 

 two individuals being exactly similar. 



MACHETES, Cuvier. Generic characters. Bill 

 straight, rather slender, tip slightly dilated 

 and smooth; wings long- and pointed, first 

 and second quills longest ; legs long, naked 

 above the tarsal joint; outer toe somewhat 

 palmated ; hallux articulated on the tarsus. 



Type, M. pugnax. The only species known. 



Note. Polygamous. Head of the male during 

 the season of breeding covered with fleshy 

 warts or papillae ; neck adorned with length- 

 ened feathers. Distribution, Europe, Africa. 



