SCOLOPACID &. 359 
- Famtry SCOLOPACIDE. Sandpipers and Snipes. 
Wings long, much pointed. Tail very short. Bill very 
long, slender, soft, cylindrical: the culmen straight its 
whole length. Hinder toe generally present, elevated 
above the others. 
Evurypyeia, Illiger. Bill resembling Gallinula, but 
larger: the nasal groove very deep, and long. Wings 
long, rounded. Tail large, broad. 
K. Helias. Pl. Enl. 782. 
Scotopax, Linn. Bil! straight, very slender, narrow, 
soft, but depressed and dilated close to the tip: the 
margins not inflexed: the nasal groove reaching to 
the tip. 
Rynchea, Cuv. Bill much lengthened: the upper 
mandible thickened and curved at the tip. Tarsus 
not longer than the middle toe. Rasorial. (fig. 314.) 
R. Capensis. Pl. Enl. 270. 
Scolopax, Linn. Bill very much lengthened, straight, 
and the tips rough, with excavated spots: the tip of 
eo 
upper mandible thickened and projecting beyond that 
of the lower, which it receives in a groove. (fig.315.a) 
Middle toe much longer than the tarsus. (fig. 315.) 
S. major. Selby, pl. 23. f.2. —_rusticola. Selby, 23. f. 1. 
° griseus. Ib. pl. 24. f. 2. 
Limosa, Brisson. Bill very long, either straight, or 
