CATOPTROPHORUS. TOTAXUS. 119 



Breeds in Xorth America and micrrates south in winter. 



Kange in British Guiana. Abarv River, Berbice River (McCon- 

 nell collection) ; grassy pastures of the Coast {Qud:-h). 



Ej-tralimital Range. Peru, South America, West India Islands, 

 Central and North America. 



Hahits. Mr. J. J. Quelch rTimehri (2) x. p. 276), gives the 

 following note : — " In the grassy pastures of the coast, but more 

 usually on the flats, vrill be found the Willet or Stone Snipe or 

 < urlew (Symphemia semipahnata), generally known here as the 

 White-winged Curlew from the white bars and edo^nors of the 

 wings. The bird is known to range as far north as the United 

 States and Canada, where it breeds, descending to the Equatorial 

 districts of South America in its migration. Specimens of this 

 species are obtainable in the Colony at all times of the year as 

 stragglers, though during the season of migration, and during 

 the winter months, they are much more numerous." 



Schomburgk mentions having met this species on the coast. 



Genus TOTAinJS Bechst. 



Totanus Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 282, 1803. T^^pe T. totanu* 

 (Linn.). 



The members of this genus differ from Catoptrophonis in 

 having a thinner and more slender bill and bv having a web 

 Ijetween the outer and the middle toe on! v. 



AVy to the Species. 



A. Larger, wing more than 170imn. : eulraen 



more tlian -50 mm. : tarsus more than 



•55 mm T. melanoleucus, p. 119. 



B. Smaller, wing less than 170 mm. ; culmen 



les.-s than 50 mm. ; tarsus less than 



55 mm T.^aripes, p. 121. 



71. Totanus melanoleucus. 



Greater Yellowshaxks. 



Totnnvs melanoleucus (Gmel.). Syst. Nat. i. p. 659, 1789 (•* Habitat 

 aiictumno in arenis littoris Labrador") ; Cab. in Sehomb. Rei>. 

 Guian. iii. p. 757, 1848; Salvin, Ibis 1886, p. 18<): Sharpe. Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 426. 1896; Quelch. Timehri (2. x. i». 271, 



