SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 688 



5 twelfths distant from the extremity ; rectiun 2 twelfths in width, 

 slightly dilated at the end. Trachea 3^ inches long, 2 twelfths in 

 breadth, much flattened; the rings 102, slender, unossified. Bronchi 

 wide, of about 12 half rings. Muscles as in the other species of this 

 family. Male. 



SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 



ToTANUs Chloropygius, Vieill. 



PLATE CCLXXXIX. Vol. III. p. 576. 



Mouth very narrow, 2^ twelfths in width. Tongue 11 twelfths 

 long, channelled above, extremely slender toward the point. (Esopha- 

 gus 3 inches 2 twelfths long, 2 twelfths wide ; proventriculus 3 twelfths 

 in breadth. Stomach roundish, oblique, 9 twelfths by 8 twelfths ; its 

 lateral muscles large ; epithelium dense and longitudinally rugous. In- 

 testine 13^ inches long ; duodenum 2 twelfths in width, the rest 1^ 

 twelfth ; cceca 1 inch 2 twelfths long, 1 twelfth wide, and 1^ inch dis- 

 tant from the extremity ; rectum slightly dilated toward the end. Tra* 

 chea 2\ inches long, 1^ twelfth in width, much flattened, the rings 

 narrow, unossified, 128. Bronchial half rings about 15. Muscles as in 

 the other species of this family. Male. 



COMMON AMERICAN SNIPE. 



SCOLOPAX WiLSONI, TemM. 

 PLATE CCXLIII. Vol. III. p. 322. 



Mr T. M. MacCulloch writes me thus :— " In your article upon 

 the Snipe, you seem to be unable to say whether the male incubates or 

 not. I am inclined to think he does not. A pair of them have a 

 nest this year close to our house, though I have not been able to find 

 the spot. During any hour of the day, for some time past, the mal 



