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LEONHARD STEJNEGER. 



REMARKS ON THE TYPE SPEGIMEN OF LIMIGOLA HART- 



LAUBII VERR. 



By Leonhard Stejneger. 



When my friend, Mr. W. Brewster recently visited Washington 

 I expressed the wish to examine the unique type of L Werreaux'sZ/mi- 

 cola Hartlaubii, from Madagascar, now in the collection of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History. He very kindly sent for the specimen, thus 

 enabling me to present the following remarks as the result of my exa- 

 mination. Äs the type'is practically inaccessible to those authors, who 

 are most interested in the Lemurian Avifauna, it is presumed that the 

 remarks- may possess some interest. 



The specimen is mounted, but is not in a good condition. It has 

 the No. 7570 of the Lafresnaye Collection with the following inscription 

 on the under surface of the stand: «Limicola hartlaubii J. Verr. Mada- 

 gascar. Type. 7, 8. 1862.» 



The following table shows the dimensions as compared with two 

 specimens of Limicola platyrhyncha in the U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Species 



L jcality 



When 

 collected 





E *P 0S - Tarsus 

 culmen „„/ 



*U j U 



Middl. 



toe with 



claw 



Wing 



Tai! 

 featheis 



L. Hartlaubi 

 L .p la tyrhy nc ha 

 « 



Madagascar 

 Lapponia 

 British India 



Oct. 7. 02. 



Summer 



Winter 



? 



36 



30.5 



32 



23 



20.5 



23.5 



20.5 



19 



20 



107 

 105 

 101 



38 

 37 



All the measurements are taken with very pointed dividers, the 

 exposed culmen from the border of the feathering of the forehead to 

 the tip ; the tarsus from the tibio-tarsal Joint, on the outside, to the 

 Joint with the middle toe ; the latter from the same point to the tip of 

 the nail ; the wing from the bend to the tip of the first primary without 

 flattening the wing; the tailfeathers by thrusting the point of the divi- 



