364 CHAEADEIID^. 



Subfam. TOTANINM 



The Totaninse have an extensive nasal groove in the upper mandible, produced 

 along the greater part of the latter. The tarsus, in all but the Curlews, has transverse 

 plates on both the anterior and posterior aspect, and there is an interdigital web 

 connecting the outer and inner toes with the middle one. 



The members of this subfamily, which embraces the Curlews, Godwits, and most 

 of the Sandpipers, are spread aU over the world and are everywhere strongly represented. 



NUMENIUS. 

 Numemus, Briss. Orn. v. p. 311 (1760) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 340 (1896). 



The Curlews are birds of considerable size, with a curved or distinctly arched bill, 

 the tarsus being transversely scaled in front and reticulate behind. 



Eight species of Curlew are known, of which four are confined to America or the 

 Pacific Islands, the other four being found in the Old World. Most of them breed in 

 the temperate portions of each hemisphere, and migrate south in winter ; but at least 

 one species, N. tenuirostris, is resident in south temperate regions, being confined to 

 the Mediterranean area. 



1. Numenius longirostris. 



Numenius longirostris, Wilson, Amer. Orn. viii. p. 23, t. 64. fig. 4'; Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog- 

 p. 3'; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 59'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 178*; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Scolopaces, p. 85'; Salv. Ibis, 1865, p. 190'; 1866, p. 197'; 1889, p. 379'; Dresser, 

 Ibis,' 1866, p. 40'; Duges, La Nat. i. p. 142" ; Finsch, Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, 1870, 

 p. 363 " ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 309 '' ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 48 "; 

 Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 233 " ; Baixd, Brewer, & Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 311 '' ; 

 Perrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 179 " ; Herrera, La Nat. i. pp. 186 ", 328 " ; 

 A. O. U. Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 97"; Elliot, N. Amer. Shore-Birds, 

 p. 151 '° ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 352 " ; Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. 

 p. 38, t. 2. fig. 8". 



Ptil. hiem. Supra brunnescenti-nigro efc pallide cinnamomeo variegatus, dorso maculis rufescentibus omato ; 

 tectricibus alarum cianamomeis, minimis et mediania nigro medialiter notatis ; majoribus antem et 

 remigibus plerisque, dorso postico, uropygio supracaudalibns rectaricibusque cinnamomeis bmnaeo fasciatis ; 

 primariis extemis extus et ad apicem nigricantibus ; secundariis intimis brunneo et cinDamomeo dentatim 

 fasciatis ; pileo dorso concolore ; collo nndique pallide cinnamomeo, nigricanti-brunneo longitndinaliter 

 lineato ; supercilio lato albido ; facie laterali pallide cinnamomea, vix brunneo striolata ; gutture albi- 

 cante ; corpore rsHquo subtus dilute cervino ; subalaribns, axillaribns et remigibus intus cinnamomeis : 

 rostro nigro, mandibulse dimidio basali liladno-brunneo ; pedibus cinereis ; iride brunnea. Long, tota 

 circa 24-0, alse 10-8, caudae 4-9, culm. 7*9, tarsi 3-55. (Descr. avis adoltae ex Dnenas. Mus. nostr.) 



2 marl simiUs, sed paullo major. 



Ftil. cestiv. gutturis imi et praepectoris plumis medialiter nigro striolatis ; bypochondriis fusco-brunneo sparsim 

 fasciatis. 



Mab. 2soBTH Amekica, breeding in the South Atlantic States and in the interior 



