SCOLOPACID^. 329 



Re. orieutalis. Steph, v. xii. 1. p. 177. — Re. leucocephala. 



Vieillot. 

 Re, tephroleuca. Vieillot, .Enc. Meth. 360. 

 Re. corpore supra cinereo, siibtus albo, rostro nigro, pedtbiis rujis. 

 Avoset with the body above ash-coloured, beneath white, with the 



beak black, and the legs red. 



Inhabits Senegal. A bright grey reigns over 

 the top of the head, the occiput, nape, and upper 

 part of the neck, becoming of a duller tinge on the 

 back, scapulars, and wings : the primary quills are 

 black ; and the tail-feathers are of a fine clear ash- 

 colour, tinted with bluish : the throat and all the 

 under parts are more white. 



Re. Nov^ Hollandiae. Vieillot^ Enc. Meth. 360. Steph. v. xii, 1. 

 p. 176. — Re. rubricollis. Tetnm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. — New 

 Holland. 



GENUS CCCXLII.— LIMOSA, Brisson, GODWIT. 

 AcTlTis (pars) Illiger. — Fedoa mihi. 



Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. \.p. 70. 



GENUS CCCXLIIL— EREUNETES, Illiger. 



Rostrum mediocre, tenue, 

 molliusculum, teretiuscu- 

 lum, rectum : mandibulce 

 aequales apicibus cochleari- 

 formibus, acuminatis, sca- 

 bris. 



Nares basales, in sulco la- 

 teral! maxillae sitae, parvae. 



Fades plumata. 



Beak moderate, thin, softish, 

 rather rounded, straight : 

 the mandibles equal, with 

 their tips cochleariform, 

 acuminated, rough. 



Nostrils basal, small, placed 



in a lateral groove. 

 Face plumose. 



