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colour; secondaries and tail, grey and black alter- 

 nately ; white, beneath. Madagascar. 



The Rostratula Capensis. Vieill. Scolo. Capensis. 

 ij. Enl. 881. or RhynchcBa Variegata. Vieil. Gal. 240 

 is the young ; and Enl. 270, is the intermediate state. 

 The Chevalier Vert. Brisson and Buffon. {Rallus 

 Bengalensis. Gm.) Albin. III. 90. is also of this genus, 

 and does not appear to differ from the variety repre- 

 sented, Enl. 922. 



N.B. It is only this last mentioned plate which truly 

 represents the bill proper to this little subgenus. 

 Rallus Bengalensis, of Latham. 



Add a very distinct species of Brazil. 



Rhynchcea Hilarea. Val. Bullet, 

 des Sc. de Ferussac. cat. 2. 



The Godwits. Limosa. Bechst. 



Have the bill straight, sometimes slightly arched 

 towards the top, and still longer than the snipes. The 

 furrow of the nostrils continues to near the extre- 

 mity, which is a little depressed and blunted, without 

 a single furrow or punctation. The external toes 

 are palmated between their bases. Their shape is 

 more slender, and their legs longer than those of the 

 snipes. They fi'equent salt marshes and the sea- 

 coast. 



Common Godwit. Lath. Scol. Leucoph. Lath, and 

 Laponica, Gm. The young, Brit. Zool. pi. xiii. 



