Farn. Scolopacidae. — 1212 — Gen. Rhynchaea. 



Trait. d'Orn. Atl. pl. 102. f. 1 . — Rh. capensis , Hartl. Madag. p. 78. 



— Rh. variegata, Schleg. & Pollen, Madag. p. 131. — Schleg. Cat. 

 Scolop. p. 16. — Rh. picta, Gray, Zool. Mise. I. p. 18. — Rh. chi- 

 nensis et capensis, Gray, Gen. of B. III. p. 585. — Rh. capensis et 

 bengalensis, Gray, Handl. III. p. 55. — Rh. capensis, Licht. Nomencl. 

 p. 93. _ D eS cr. de 1'% XXIII. p. 404. pl. 14. f. 4. — Rh. ben- 

 galensis, Eüpp. Syst. Uebers. Nr. 469. — Brehin, Vogelf. p. 327. — 

 Heugl. Syst. "Hebers. Nr. 657. — König- Warth. Neott. Stud. Nr. 

 108. — Antin. Cat. p. 108. — Rh. capensis, Heugl. Peterm. Geogr. 

 Mitth. 1869. p. 409. — Eh. bengalensis, .Blanf. Abyss. p. 432. — 

 Finsch, Coli. Jesse p. 329. — Rh. capensis, Strickl. & Sclat. Contrib. 

 Orn. 1852. p. 159. — Rh. capensis, Brehm, Thierl. IV. p. 742. — 

 Eh. bengalensis, Taylor, Ibis 1859. p. 53. — 1867. p. 70. — Irby, 

 Ibis 1861. p.242. — Blas. Ibis 1861. p. 295. — Gurney, Ibis 1863. 

 p. 330. — Hoch & Newt. Ibis 1863. p. 172. - Newton, Ibis 1863. 

 p. 457. _ Allen, Ibis 1864. p. 241. — Swinh. Ibis 1865. p. 230. 

 & 232. (Rh. sinensis.) — 1870. p. 362. — Blyth, Ibis 1867. p. 167. 



— Beavan, Ibis 1868. p. 394. — Rh. capensis, Shelley, Ibis 1871. 

 p. 312. — Bocage, Aves das possess. port. I. p. 20. — III. p. 9- 

 & 12. — Vierth. Naum. 1852. p. 41. & 48. — Brehm, Cab. Journ. 

 1853. Extrah. p. 103. — 1854. p. 82. — 1855. p. 363. & 365. — 

 1857. p. 220. — 1858. p. 405. — Hartl. Cab. Journ. 1854. p. 159. 

 & 298. — 1860. p. 170. — 1861. p. 271. — Heugl. Cab. Journ. 

 1863. p. 144. — Brehm, Cab. Journ. 1866. p. 386. — Finsch, Cab. 

 Journ. 1867. p. 248. — Heugl. Reise in d. Geb. d. Weissen Nil p. 348. 



— ? Rhynchaea australis, Gould, B. of Austr. V. pl. 41. 



Arabisch Chöseh hindi. 



Pileo tergaeoque ex olivaceo cano-fuscescentibus , nitore tum 

 aeneo, tum purpurascente, plumis delicate serratim fumose irroratis 

 et fasciolatis; tergi medii plumis et scapnlaribus latius colore 

 aeneo-fusco fasciatis; anulo periophthalmico lato, stria post- 

 ocularr, fronte medio et scapularibus nonnullis uiveis; stria ver- 

 ticali magis cinuamomeo-fulvescente; iuterscapulii plumis partim 

 irregulariter nigro-variis, margine externa conspicua, laete fulva; 

 collo antico fulvescente- , postico laetius rufo; juguli pectorisque 

 lateribus et hypochondriis superioribus fuliginoso-atris, pectore 



