332 RALLIDiE. 



Tr ? albescens. 



Tr ? svprd ruft.icens nigro longiiudinaliter striata, infra super' 



cifrnque nifescentibus ; cauda bif areata, rectricibus diialus late- 



ralibus albis. 

 Kuot ? above reddish longitudinally striped with black, beneath 



and eyebrows reddish, with the tail doubly forked ; its two 



outer feathers white. 

 Tringa albescens. Temm. PL Col. 41.y. 2. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length five inches and 

 a half: the plumage during the summer is adorned 

 with large black dashes, edged with rufous, on the 

 upper parts : all the lower parts, and a band over the 

 eyes are light reddish : the two lateral tail-feathers 

 are white : the tail is doubly forked : the beak is 

 short and thick. 



GENUS CCCLIII— PHxEOPUS, Cuvier. WHIMBREL. 

 Generic character : vide Sleph. v. xii. l.p. 3a. 



Ph.? pygmaeus. 



Falcinellus pygmaeus: English description. Strph. v. xii. 1. 

 p. 41. pi. 6. — Britain and Europe. 



FAMILY IV.— RALLID^. 



Rostrum suhforte, plus minusve lateratim compressum, mediocre, 

 aut subelongatum: corpus compressum: alae mcdiocres: pedes 

 mediocres: digiti quatuor, elongati, Jissi, aut magis miiiusve 

 hasi connexi. 



Beak rather strong, more or less laterally compressed, moderate, 

 or rather elongated : body compressed : wings moderate : legs 

 moderate : toes four, elongated, cleft, or more or less united at 

 the base. 



The Rallidae are distinguished from the preceding 

 family by their strong beak and the greater length 



