order grall^. 381 



Falcinellus. 



The bill is more arched than that of the cocorli, and 

 moreover the thumb is wanting. 



M. VieiUot has changed this name to Erolia. It 

 has been erroneously denied that these birds want 

 the thumb. 



But one species is known {Scot. PygrtKBa, L.), 

 aboriginal of Africa, but has sometimes been seen in 

 Europe. 



See Vieil. Gal. t. 231, Erolia Variegata. Not 

 ScolopacD PygmcEa oi Gmelin, which is Tringa 

 Platyrhyncha, Tem. According to M, Valen- 

 cienne, the genus Falcinellus is made from a 

 specimen of Scolopaac Arcuata^ with the hind toe 

 destroyed. 



Machetes, Cuv. 



Are true sandpipers in port and bill, but the palma- 

 tion between their external toes is nearly as consi- 

 derable as in totanus, &c. 



But one species is known. 



Ruff. Sandpiper. Tringa Pugnax, Lin. Enl. 305, 



306. 



A little smaller than a snipe, celebrated for the 

 furious combats in which the males engage in spring 

 for the possession of the females. At this epocha 

 the head is partly covered with red papillae, the neck 

 furnished with a thick mane of feathers so variously 



