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U. S. p. R. K. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — iGENERAL REPORT. 



a green li Btie ; primaries slightly tipped with ■white, and having a white spot on their inner edges; secondaries white at their 

 bases, and tipped with white ; middle feathers of the tail same green as other upper parts ; outer tipped with white, and with 

 irregular bars of brownish blact. Bill yellowish green, tipped with brown ; feet reddish yellow. 



Young less bronzed above, and under parts white, without spots. 



Total length, 7J to 8 inches ; wing, 4^ ; tail, 2 ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, rather less than 1 inch. 



Hab. — Entire tem{)erate North America ; Oregon. Europe. 



Diffused throughout the United States, resorting, in the winter season, to the southern con- 

 fines of the republic, and extending its range into Mexico and Central America. This little 

 bird has so frequently been noticed in Europe that it is now given as a species of that con- 

 tinent by nearly all late authorities. 



List of specimens. 



Locality. 



Carlisle, Pa. 

 do 



do 



Cape May, N. J 



St. Louis 



Indian Key, Fta 



..,,. do 



Rockport, Ohio 



Soutit Illinois 



Loup Fork 



Knife river 



Mouth of Powder river. 

 Permanent Camp, N. M. 



Fort Tejon, Cal 



Sacramento valley 



Port Dalles, O.T 



Shoalwater bay 



Puget's Sound 



tt'ilacoom, W. T . 



When col- 

 lected. 



May 10, 1844 

 May 15, lt44 

 July 9, 1844 



May 13,1857 



July 6. 

 Sept. 12. 



Aug. 20, 1855 



May 25 



June 8,1854 



Whence obtained. 



S. F. Baird... 



do 



do 



Jno. K. Townaend 



Lt. Bryan 



G. Wurderaann .. 



do 



J. P. Kirtland 



N. W. University. 

 Lt. Warren 



.do.. 



do 



Capt. Pope . . . 

 J .Xantus de Vesey 

 Lt. Williamson. 

 Dr. Suckley . .. 

 Gov. Stevens.. 

 A. Campbell. .. 

 Dr. Cooper 



Grig. 

 No. 



177 

 78 



Collected by- 



W. S. Wood. 



R. Kennicott . 

 Dr. Hayden . . . 



do 



do 



Dr. Heermann 



Dr. Cooper.... 

 Dr. Kennerly . 



Length. 



7.72 

 7.50 



6,60 

 7.12 

 7.00 

 8.00 

 6.50 



7.50 

 7.12 



Stretch 

 ofwings. 



13.40 

 13.40 



12.25 

 12.75 

 12.50 

 13.00 

 13.00 



Wing. 



4.32 

 4.24 



12.60 

 13.25 



3.75 

 3.25 



3.75 

 4.00 



Iris dark brown . 



Bill yellow and black.. 



PHILOMACnUS, Moehring. 



Philmmchus, Moehrikg, Genera Avium, 1752, 76. Type Tringa pugnax, L. 



Machetes, Cuvier, R. Amer. 1817. 



Ch Bill nearly straight; as loug as the head or the outer toe. Groove of bill extending nearly to the tip. Bill 



depressed, broad to the tip, which is scarcely expanded. Gape extending a little further back than the culmen ; the feathers 

 of lower mandibles extending rather further forward than those of upper; those of chin still further. Legs slender; tarsus li 

 times as long as middle toe, 1 J times the length of bare tibia. A basal web connecting the outer and middle toes to the first 

 joint of the former ; inner toe cleft to base. Tail rather long ; distinctly barred. 



This genus, usually placed among Tringeae, appears to have most affinity with the present 

 section .nd in a measure to connect Tringoides and Acliturus. The bill is more depressed, and 

 rather broader to the end than usual ; but it appears hard and firm, and with little or none of 

 the spoon-shaped expansion at the end. The greater cleft of the mouth, the half webbing of 

 the toes, the bars on the tail, the lengthened tarsi, &c., all seem to indicate the propriety of 

 placing it with Totaneae. ^ 



