GRALLATORLE. 349 
being about as large as a Pelidna (7'r. alpina, Gm.); a bronzed 
greenish-brown, with transverse, fawn coloured and black marks on 
the wings; beneath and in front, white; rump, and the middle quills 
of the tail, colour of the back, the lateral ones only being striped 
with black and white as in the other species. The feathers of the 
bill as well as the small wing-coverts, when young, have a light 
fawn coloured edging. Its habits are the same as those of the pre- 
ceding. 
Among the species foreign to Europe, we should particularly no- 
tice that of North America, with the large bill and semi-palmated 
feet, Scolopax semipalmata, L.; Ency. Method. Pl. Ornith., pl. 
Ixxi, fig. 1; Wils. VII, lvi, 8, which is nearly as large as the one 
first named, with a shorter and thicker bill, plumage brown-grey 
above, whitish beneath; brownish spots on the neck’ and breast; 
toes well bordered with equal and considerable membranes*, The 
Losires fT, Cuv. 
The Lobipedes, we think, require to be separated from the Phalaropes, 
because, although the feet are similar, the bill is that of a Totanus; 
such is, 
Tringa hyperborea, L.; Lobipede a hausse-col; Enl. 766, of 
which the T'ringa fusca, Edw. 46, is probably the female or the 
young. This little bird, which is grey above, white beneath, and 
has its scapulars tinged with red, has a broad red gorget round its 
white throat{. ~ 
Himanrorvs ||, Briss. 
The bill round, slender, and pointed, even more so than that of a To- 
tanus, and the usual nasal grooves occupy but half its length. The exces- 
sive length and tenuity of the legs, which are reticulated and destitute of a 
thumb, and the weakness of their bones, which is so extreme as to ren- 
* Jt is on this character that M. Ch. Bonaparte founds his subgenus Catorrro- 
puorus. Add to the common species, Tot. speculiferus, which resembles the semi- 
palmaius, but stands higher, and has a longer bill, with the usnal feet;—7ot. vorife- 
rus, Wils. VII, lviii, 5, or Tot. melonoleucos, Ord. Ib.;—Tot. flavipes, Wils. LVJ11, 
4:—Tot. solitarius (Tot. glareolus, Wils.), Wils. VII, lviii, 3. The Tot. Bartramius, 
Wils. VII, lix, 2, has a proportionally shorter bill than the other species, although 
in every thing else its characters are the same. N.b. This genus, mixed up by 
Buffon, with several varieties of Ruffs, has been distributed by Linnzus, without 
any reason, among his two genera Scolopax and Tringa. ‘This confusion is not yet 
dissipated, as I had no opportunity of observing all the foreign species. It is easy 
to see, however, that I could not retain the genus ArirsEs of Hliger. I should also 
observe, that the most exact descriptions will not suffice for distinguishing the spe- 
cies with certainty, until those of my 'CoraNnus are separated from my Sandpipers 
and Godwits, according to the forms of the bill, as above mentioned. It is this 
which has prevented me from giving all the synonymes of Bechstein and Meyer. 
+ M. Vieillot, to have the air of producing a change, retains here the name of 
Phalaropus. 
_ } Add, the Phal. frenatus, Vieill. Gal. pl. 271, or Phal. liseré, T. Col. 270; Wils. 
IX, pl. lxiii, f. 3? It is the subgenus Ho.toroptus of Ch. Bonap. 
§ Himentopus, fect like a string (alluding to their weakness), is the name given te 
this bird in Pliny. 
