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MACHETES PUGNAX (Linnaeus*). 



THE BUFF. 

 Machetes pugnax. 



MACHETES, Cuvier\. Bill straight, rather slender, as long as the head, with 

 the tip dilated and smooth ; upper mandible laterally sulcated for four-fifths 

 of its length ; culmen rounded. Nostrils basal, lateral, linear, placed in the 

 commencement of the groove. Wings long and pointed, the first quill-feather 

 the longest. Legs moderate, the tibia naked for a considerable space above the 



* Tringa Pugnax, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 247 (1766). 

 t Regne Animal, i. p. 490 (1817). 



