﻿The 
  Upper 
  Mandible 
  in 
  the 
  Scolopacidse. 
  563 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  latter 
  bird 
  iii 
  the 
  Leyden 
  Museum 
  advises 
  me 
  that 
  

   the 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  not 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  20. 
  Neopus 
  malayensis, 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  181. 
  

  

  21. 
  TuRTUE 
  TiGRiNA, 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  193. 
  

  

  22. 
  Bambusicola 
  erythrophrys, 
  Sharpe 
  : 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  

   p. 
  200. 
  

  

  My 
  name 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  unfortunate 
  for 
  this 
  species, 
  as 
  it 
  seems 
  

   to 
  get 
  a 
  black 
  head, 
  and 
  the 
  rufous 
  eyebrow 
  disappears. 
  

   This 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  a 
  beautiful 
  adult 
  male 
  sent 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Everett. 
  

  

  VII. 
  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Nest 
  and 
  Egys 
  o/ 
  Stapliidia 
  everetti. 
  

   This 
  nest, 
  which 
  was 
  procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Everett 
  at 
  Matang 
  

   in 
  Feb. 
  1892, 
  is 
  a 
  good-sized 
  cup-shaped 
  structure, 
  made 
  

   almost 
  entirely 
  of 
  fibres, 
  with 
  an 
  external 
  covering 
  of 
  fine 
  

   rootlets 
  and 
  moss, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  leaves 
  interwoven. 
  The 
  

   eggs 
  are 
  white, 
  thickly 
  mottled 
  and 
  spotted 
  witli 
  reddish 
  

   brown, 
  particularly 
  at 
  the 
  larger 
  end 
  ; 
  the 
  underlying 
  spots 
  

   are 
  dark 
  grey 
  and 
  very 
  distinct. 
  Axis 
  0*73 
  inch, 
  diam. 
  0'55. 
  

  

  XLIX. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Mechanism 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Mandible 
  in 
  the 
  

   Scolopacidge. 
  By 
  R. 
  W. 
  Shufeldt, 
  M.D., 
  C.M.Z.S. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  p. 
  Pycraft 
  contributes 
  a 
  very 
  interesting 
  article, 
  

   " 
  On 
  a 
  Point 
  in 
  the 
  Mechanism 
  of 
  the 
  Bill 
  in 
  Birds,^^ 
  to 
  

   ' 
  The 
  Ibis 
  ' 
  for 
  July 
  1893, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  thankful 
  to 
  him 
  for 
  a 
  

   copy 
  of 
  it 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  recently 
  received. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pycraft 
  in 
  that 
  communication 
  very 
  well 
  describes 
  

   the 
  peculiar 
  power 
  that 
  the 
  Dunlin 
  [Tringa 
  alpina) 
  possesses 
  

   of 
  elevating 
  the 
  distal 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  superior 
  mandible. 
  

   I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  any 
  true 
  Scolopacine 
  bird 
  can 
  

   voluntarily 
  accomplish 
  the 
  same 
  act 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  Upon 
  

   several 
  occasions 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  the 
  feat 
  

   in 
  Wilson^s 
  Snipe 
  {Gallinago 
  delicata), 
  and 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  

   doubt 
  but 
  what 
  the 
  achievement, 
  taken 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  sensitiveness 
  of 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  beak 
  in 
  

   these 
  birds, 
  enables 
  them 
  to 
  both 
  quickly 
  detect 
  and 
  seize 
  

   their 
  food 
  in 
  the 
  soft 
  ooze 
  wherein 
  they 
  probe 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  2r 
  2 
  

  

  