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or rather spoon-shaped at the end, with the edges not 

 bent over. Roof of mouth excavated to the tip. No 

 groove along the eulmen. Eye behind tho ear. Tail 

 without bands ? " 



Under " Tribe Scolopace./E," he enumerates the genera 

 PMlohela, Gallinago, and Maerorhamphus, which are practi- 

 cally the same as our present genera. 



Under " Tribe Teinge^," he enumerates the genera 

 Tringa, Calidris, Ereunetes, and Micropalama ; and his genus 

 Tringa contains Tringa, Arquatella, Erolia [our Aneylochilus], 

 Schoeniclus [our Pelidna], and Aetodromus, which also are very 

 nearly the same as our present genera. 



" Sub-family ToTANiNiE. 



Bill as long as the head, or longer ; the basal portion cov- 

 ered with soft skin ; the terminal portion (generally at least 

 half) horny, and more or less attenuated and pointed in To— 

 taneje. The lateral grooves of bill extending to the horny 

 terminal portion. The gape of mouth extending behind the 

 base of eulmen. Toes generally connected by a basal mem- 

 brane. The tail always with distinct transverse bars in North 

 American species , except in Heteroscelus. 



This sub-family appears to differ from most Scolopacest^: 

 in the less degree of sensitiveness in the tip of the bill, which 

 is more horny, and not covered by soft skin well supplied with 

 nerves. The toes are almost always connected at the base by 

 a membrane, this being the rule and not the exception, as in 



ScOLOPACTN^E. 



A. Tarsi covered anteriorly and posteriorly by transverse 

 scutellse, except in Heteroscelus ; finely reticulated lat- 

 erally. Bill nearly straight, or bent a little upwards. 

 Totaneje. — Bill nearly straight, about as long as the 

 tarsus, attenuated. Bill not grooved for the terminal 

 fourth. Gape of mouth extending beyond base of 

 eulmen. 



