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dd, Tail decidedly longer than tarsus (nearly half as long as wing), graduated 
or strongly rounded; exposed culmen not more than six-tenths as long as 
TEATS aaa ey cece aia als caieia Ss Lelgca tests vy Cidetndoca Za pesamstacc cerca Bartramia (p. 378). 
ce. Bill decurved distally. (Numenicz.) 
d. Bill longer than tarsus with middle toe, usually (?) more than half as long as 
wing, longer than tail; size larger (exposed culmen more than 100, tarsus 
more than 65, usually more than 75, mm.) ........... Numenius (p. 385). 
dd. Bill shorter than tarsus with middle toe, less than halfas long as wing, not 
longer than tail; size smaller (exposed culmen less, usually much less, 
than 100, tarsus less than 65 mm.). 
e. Tarsus more than twice as long as middle toe with claw; bill more slender, 
its depth of base equal to only about one-tenth the length of exposed 
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ee. Tarsus less than twice as long as middle toe with claw; bill stouter, its 
depth at base equal to about one-seventh the length of exposed culmen. 
f. Bill stouter, less attenuated terminally, more strongly arched, with 
exposed culmen as long as or longer than tarsus and first two phalanges 
of middle toe; larger (exposed culmed more, usually much more, than 
65, tarsus more than 50 mm.)........-.-...-.------ Pheeopus (p. 395). 
Jf. Bill more slender, more attenuated terminally, less strongly (sometimes 
hardly perceptibly) arched, the exposed culmen shorter than tarsus 
and first phalanx of middle toe; smaller (exposed culmen not more 
than 60, tarsus not more than 45 mm.) ....... Mesoscolopax (p. 410). 
. 
Genus SCOLOPAX Linneus. 
Scolopax > Linnazvs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 145. (Type, as designated by 
Gray, 1840, and by elimination, S. rusticola Linnzeus.) 
Rusticola (not of Houttuyn, 1770) Viem.ot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., iii, 1816, 
348; Analyse, 1816, 56. (Type, by tautonymy, R. vulgaris Vieillot=Scolopax 
rusticola Linneeus. ) 
Rusticula (emendation) Viem.ot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., xxiv, 1818, 124. 
(?) Mesoscovopax Satvapori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xviii, 331. (Type, by 
original designation, Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel.) 
(?) Parascolopax¢ Matnews, Birds Australia, iii, pt. 3, Aug. 18, 1918, 290, in 
text. (Type, by original designation, Scolopax saturata Hodgson.) 
Very large Scolopacine (wing 179-200 mm.) with tibia completely 
feathered, tarsus shorter than middle toe with claw, and outer 
primaries. normal. 
Bill long, straight, tapering in lateral but not in vertical profile, 
its depth at base equal to about one-seventh the length of exposed 
culmen, the latter about as long as tarsus and middle toe with claw, 
decidedly less than half as long as wing; nasal groove broad, extending 
nearly to tip of maxilla, the latter, especially on tomia, decurved 
terminally; nostril sub-basal, elliptical, longitudinal. Wing large 
and broad, the longest primaries exceeding distal secondaries by 
more than one-third the length of wing; outermost primary longest, 
@ Zarapita Mathews, Birds Australia, iii, pt. 2, May 2, 1918, 168. Type, by original 
designation and monotypy, Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot. Zarapeta Mathews 
(ibid., p. 169). (From Zarapito, Spanish name of a curlew; Mathews.) 
> cxodéraé, a large, snipe-like bird. (Mathews.) 
¢ Tapa, besides + Scolopax. 
