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Length 12 inches, weight 5J oz. 

 The female lays 4 whitish eggs, tinged with olive 

 and marked with black. 



GENUS XLI. 

 TRINGA. 



Bill roundish, straight, about the length of the 

 head ; nostrils narrow, toes four. 



1. PUGNAX. >v 



GAMBETTA, Syn. I MALE RUFF. 

 EQUESTRIS. V 



FLAVIPES. \ FEMALE REEVE. 



GRENOVICENSIS. ) 



Tr. rostro pedibusque rufis, rectricibus tribus latera- 

 libus immaculatis, facie papillis granulatis car- 

 neis. Lath. 



Male. The bill is in some yellow, in others black 

 or dark brown ; irides hazel ; the face is covered 

 with pyriform tubercles of a yellow colour, which 

 become red in the breeding season ; the back part of 

 the head and neck are furnished with long feathers, 

 which expand in a singular manner on each side of 

 the neck, and hang loosely over the breast like an 



