AVES. oSS 



baso, tlio tip of the upper one sliglitily bent over the under one; nostrils 

 linear, longitudinal, situated in the furrow; legs long, slender; tibia partly 

 naked ; feet with throe anterior toes, the exterior united to the intprniedinle 

 one, extending sometimes to the second joint; wings of medium length, tir;st 

 quill the longest. 



Section I.— Bill straight. 

 Tutitnus hiipoleucos.— The Sandpiper. Plate xliv. fig. 4. Described, vol. 

 iii. p. y43. 



Section II. — Bill a little recurved, straight at the point. 

 Totanus glottis. — The Grtenshank. Plate xliv. fig. 5. Described, vol. iii. 

 p. 351. 



Genus 27. — LIMOS.4.. — Btisson. 



Generic Character. — Bill very long, recurved, soft, flexible, depressed and 

 flattened towards the tip ; both mandibles longitudinally channelled ,- point 

 dilated and obtuse; nostrils linear, longitudinal, situated in the groove, and 

 covered by a membrane ; legs long; tibia partly naked ; feet with three ante- 

 rior toes, the exterior united to the middle toe by a membrane as far as the 

 first joint ; hallux articulated on the tarsus ; wings long ; the first quill 

 longer than the others. 



l.imosa »■«/«— The Ited Gadwit- Plate xliv. fig. 6. Described, vol. iii. 

 p. 317. 



Genus 23.— SCOL,OP AX.— Limiaius. 



Generic Character.— 'KiW h)ng, straight, compressed, tapering, soft, with 

 the tips turgid ; both mandibles with a groove extending half their U?ngth, 

 the tip of the upper mandible hooked, projecting over the lower one ; nostrils 

 liasal, li near, covered by a membrane ; legs slender ; tibia partly naked in some 

 ^pecies ; feet with three anterior toes, the exterior one united to the inter- 

 mediate toe, the length of the first joint, by a short membrane; hallux arti. 

 culated on Uie t u-sus, wanting in some species ; wings of mediinn length ; 

 the first quill longest- 

 Section I. — Tibia wholly feathered. 



Scolopa.v rtisticola.— The Woodcock. Plate xliv. fig. 7. Described, vol. 

 iii. p. yi-t. 



Section II. — Lower part of tibia nuked. 



Scolopa.v gallinago.— The Common Snipe. Plate xliv. fig. 8. Described, 

 vol. iii. p. 346. 



Section 111.— Intermediate and exterior toes united by a membrane, tx- 

 emplified in the red. breasted snipe. 



Gen>is2d—nY}^CHCE.\.—Cinier. 



Generic Character —\i\\\ longer than the head, gibbous towards the 

 point, and greatly compressed, inflected towards the tip ; upper mandible 

 with a groove, lower mandible channelled near the point; nasal furrow 

 extending to the middle of the bill ; nostrils linear ; tarsus longer than 

 the intermediate toe ; three anterior toes entirely divided ; hallux arti. 

 culated on the tarsus ; wings short, concave ; second and third feathers 

 longe-t. 



