348 ORALLY, SCOLOPACID^E. 



the patriarchal cock. I stayed purposely till roost- 

 ing time, to see him shift his place after gaining 

 the roost-tree, until he got his station in the middle 

 of the dormitory." 



In some seasons the Scarlet Ibis (Ibis rubra) 

 is not an uncommon visitant on the shores of 

 Jamaica; but I have not met with it. The pre- 

 sent winter, 1846-7, Mr. Hill informs me, has 

 brought it in somewhat numerously. On the same 

 authority, I mention two species of Curlews, the 

 one known as the Black Curlew, which is Numenius 

 longirostris, the other called the White Curlew, 

 which may be JV. Hudsonicus, or perhaps Ibis alba. 



FAM. SCOLOPACIDjE. (The Snipes.) 

 LITTLE SANDPIPER * 



Pelidna pusilla. 



Tringa pusilla, WILS. pi. 37. 



Pelidna pusitta, Cuv. 



ABOUT the end of the year, this little species 

 becomes numerous in the open morasses, associat- 



* Length 5| inches, expanse 11 4, flexure 3-^-, tail l, rictus ^, tar- 

 sus ^%, middle toe ^. Intestine 1 1 inches, two caeca f inch long. 



