SRALL.E — SCOLOPACIDiE — HEMIPALMA. 
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GENUS HEMIPALMA. Bonaparte. 
Bill much longer than the head, and partly arched, dilated and studded with numerous 
tubercles at the tip. Tarsus very long, and the three anterior toes connected by a mem¬ 
brane as far as the first joint. 
Obs. This small group, with the following, forms a passage from Numenius to the large 
genus Tringa. 
THE LONG-LEGGED SANDPIPER 
Hemipalma iiimantopus. 
PLATE LXXXVI. FIG. 196. 
(STATE COLLECTION.) 
'Tringa (Hemipalma) Iiimantopus. Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 316. 
T. id. Id. American Ornithology, Vol. 4, p. 89, pi. 25, fig. 3. 
T. douglasii. Richardson, Northern Zoology, Vol. 2, p. 379, pi. 66. 
TIiimantopus. Id. ib. Vol. 2, p. 380. 
T. id. et douglassii . Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, pp. 139, 141. 
T. id. Audubon, Birds of Am. Vol. 5, p. 271, pi. 334. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p.232. 
Characteristics. Tarsus and bill subequal. Rump white, barred with dusky. Above 
brownish black, edged with white ; beneath reddish barred with dusky. 
Length, 8'5. 
Description. Bill very long, slender, slightly arched: nasal groove extending nearly to 
the tip. Nostrils basal, linear, pervious. Tibia bare for an inch : tarsus long, slender, 
compressed ; hind toe very small. Tail nearly even ; the two middle feathers slightly 
longest. 
Color. Above dusky; the feathers edged with reddish white : a whitish line over the eye. 
Ear-feathers reddish. Lores dusky. Quills brownish black; the shaft of the outer white. 
Rump and tail-feathers white, barred with blackish. Tail greyish ash; the feathers edged 
with dusky. Beneath, on the sides of the breast and belly, reddish barred with black. Bill 
black. Feet yellowish green. Autumn and winter, the plumage more greyish; the fore 
part of the neck whitish, streaked with grey : lores grey. Beneath soiled grey. 
The discovery of this species is due to Messrs. Bonaparte and Cooper, and it is still 
exceedingly rare. Its history is yet incomplete. It is known to breed in high northern 
latitudes. In the spring, it is very abundant in Texas. In this State, a single specimen has 
been obtained in May; others have been procured here in July, August and September, 
probably then on their way south. Their vernal migration is presumed to be rapid. Their 
habits allied to those of the Sandpipers. 
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