ciiAP. xvin.] BIRDS. 353 



Family 100.— SCOLOPACTTKE. (21 Genera, 121 Species.) 

 Ge.veral Distribution. 



Neotropical I Nearctic 



SUB-BEGIONS. SVB-REOIONS 



Pal.eakctic 

 sub-keqions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Okikntal 

 sub-kegions. 



Al'SlRSI.IA-M 



Slb-keoions. 



1.2.4.4; 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 ' 1.2.3.4 



The Scolopacidre, comprehending the Snipes, Sandpipers, Cur- 

 lews, and allied genera, are perliaps as truly cosmopolitan as 

 any family of birds, ranging to the extreme north and visiting 

 the remotest islands. The genera of universal distribution are 

 the following : — ■ 



NumeMins (16 sp.) ; Limosa (6 sp.) ; Totamis (12 sp.) ; Tria- 

 goides, (6 sp.) ; Himantopus (6 sp.) ; Tringa (20 sp.) ; and Galli- 

 nago (24 sp.). Those whicli have a more or less restricted dis- 

 tribution are : — 



Ihidorhyncha (1 sp.), Central Asia and the Himalayas (Plate 

 VII. Vol. I. p. 331) ; Hclodromas (1 sp.), Paloearctic region and 

 "North India ; Tarkia (1 sp.), East Palaearctic, wandering to 

 India and Australia ; Bccurvirosfra (6 sp.), Xearctic region to 

 the High Andes, South Paltearctic, East and South Africa, Hin- 

 dostan and Australia ; Micropclama (1 sp.), North America to 

 Chili ; Machetes (1 sp.), Palfiearctic region and Hindostan 

 (Plate I. Vol. I. p. 195) ; Ercunetes (3 sp.), Xearctic and Neo- 

 tropical ; Eurinorhipichns (1 sp.). North-east Asia and Bengal ; 

 Cnlidris (I sp.), all regions but Australian ; MacrorhampJnis (3 

 sp.), Palaearctic and Nearctic, visits Brazil and India ; Scolopax 

 (4 sp.), the whole Pala?arctic region, to India, Java, and Australia ; 

 PhilohcJa (1 sp.). East Nearctic ; Rhynchcca (4sp.), Ethiopian and 

 Oriental, Australia, and Temperate South America ; Phalaropus 

 (3 sp.). North Temperate zone, and West Coast of America to 

 Chili. 



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