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tory of these birds. Cf. Crawshay, Birds of Tierra del Fuego, p. 121 

 (1907). 



Subfamily TOTANIN^E. 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 337 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-List 

 Bds. I. p. 157 (1899). 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson. 



Type. 



Numentus, Briss. Orn. V. p. 311 (1760); Sharpe, Cat. 

 Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 340 (1896); Sharpe, Hand- 

 list Bds. I. p. 157 (1899) . . . . . . N. arquatiis. 



Phceopus, Cuv. Regne An. I. p. 485 (1817) . . . N. phaopus. 



Cracticornis, Gray, List Gen. Bds. p. 88 ( 1 84 1 ) . . N. arquatus. 



Geographical Range. Almost cosmopolitan. 



NUMENIUS BOREALIS Latham. 



Scolopax borealis, Forst. Phil. Trans. LXII. pp. 411, 431 (1772). 

 Numenius borealis, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. p. 712 (1790) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, 



P- 333 (Chili); Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 146 (1873); 



Durnf. Ibis, 1878, p. 404 (Chupat Valley, Oct.) ; Barrows, Auk. I. 



p. 316 (1884 : Concepcion, Sept. : Bahia Blanca, Feb., none seen after 



March ist) ; Seebohm, Geog. Distr. Charadr. p. 333 (1888); Scl. 



& Huds. Argent. Orn. II. p. 192 (1889); Oust. Miss. Scient. Cap 



Horn, Oiseaux, p. 290 (1891) ; James, New List Chil. B. p. 12 (1892) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 368 (1896) ; id. Hand-list B. I. p. 



158 (1899) I Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 14 (1900: 



Patagonia and Falkland Islands). 

 Numenius brevirostris, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 75 (1823: Montevideo); 



Gould, Voy. 'Beagle' Birds, p. 129 (1841 : Buenos Aires) ; Abbott, 



Ibis, 1 86 1, p. 156 (Falkland Islands) ; Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos 



Aires, III. part X. p. 246 (1888: Falkland Is.). 



