MAB8E SAnBFIFEB. 



GRALLATORES. 



Family SCOLOPACIDuE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Totanus. (Bechstein.J 



Generic Characters. — Bill longer than the head, straight, rarely decurved, 

 soft at the base, hard and solid at the point, compressed in its whole 

 length, ending in a sharp point; the two mandibles furrowed only at their 

 base; the extremity of the upper mandible slightly bent upon the lower at 

 the point. Nostrils lateral, linear, longitudinally split in the furrow. Legs 

 long, slender, naked above the knee; three toes in front and one behind; 

 the middle toe united to the external one by a membrane as far as the first 

 and sometimes the second articulation. Often there is a rudimentary mem- 

 brane attached to the inner toe; rarely a half web. Wings moderate; the 

 first primary the longest. 



MAESH SANDPIPER. 



Totanus stagnatilis. 



Scolopax totanus, 

 Totanus stagnatilis, 



Tringa guinetta, 



Totanus tenuirostris, 



" lathami, 



" horsfieldi. 



Chevalier stagnatile ou 



Chevalier a longs pieds, 

 Teich- Wasserldufer, 

 Piro-piro Gambe lunghe, 



LiNN^us; Syst. Nat., i., p. 245. (1766.) 

 Bechstein; Orn. Taschenb., p. 292. 



(1802.) 

 Pallas; Zoogr. Ross. Asiat., ii., p. 195. 



(1811.) 

 Horseield; Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii., 



p. 192. (1820.) 

 Gray and Hardw. ; 111. Ind. Zool., 



pi. 51. (1829.) 

 Blyth; Ann. Nat. Hist., xii., p. 169. 



(1843-) 



Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 

 Of the Italians. 



