352 ORALLY. SCOLOPACID.E. 



the shallows of Crab-pond, and picking. The 

 stomachs of those I obtained, contained a mass of 

 pulverulent matter, which, on being separated in 

 water, seemed to consist largely, if not wholly, of 

 insects. Some soft larvae, apparently dipterous, and 

 parts of rather large yellow ants, I recognised 

 in one, and in another the remains of Notonectce. 



BAR-FLANKED GAMBET.* 

 Totan-us melanoleucus ? 



Scolopax vocifera, WILS. Aud. pi. 308. 



Tetanus melanoleucus, VIEILL. 



I KNOW this species only by an individual brought 

 to me at Spanish Town on the 21st of March. In 

 the succeeding month, however, Mr. Hill informed 

 me, that both this and the preceding species were 

 particularly abundant; the numbers of these birds 

 procured by the market sportsmen of Spanish-town 

 and Kingston, being quite extraordinary. 



The specimen I obtained does not exactly agree 

 with the descriptions I have read, the breast and 

 sides being marked with zigzags of black, which are 

 large and conspicuous on the flanks. The gizzard, 

 which was muscular, contained a greenish unctuous 

 mass, which showed traces of scales, or else the 

 plated covering of Crustacea. 



* Length 13f inches, expanse 24, flexure 7-j, tail 3, rictus 2-^j, tarsus 

 2^, middle toe 1 T %, hind toe -&. 



