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inclining a little upwards; flattened towards the tip, : 
which is mere or less dilated, always smooth, and that 
of the upper mandible never thickened beneath. — 
316 
Tarsus longer than the middle toe. Anterior toes semi- 
palmate, flattened, with a marginal membrane on each 
side ; hinder very small. (fig. 316. 317. a) 
L. melanura. Selby, ii. pl. 21. fedoa. Wilson, pl. 56. f. 4. 
_Phalaropus, Brisson. Bill remarkably slender and 
flexible ; the nasal groove extending only half way 
Tarsus short, not longer than the hind toe. Anterior 
toes semipalmated, and margined either by a narrow 
and simple, or a lobed and more dilated, membrane. 
The natatorial type. 
Hyperborea. Selby, pl. 28. f.1, 2. Wilsoni. N. Z. ii. pl. 69. 
Tringa, Linn. Bill 
moderate, generally 
straight, soft and 
flexible ; the tip di- 
lated and smooth. 
Tarsus longer than 
the middle toe. An- 
terior toes generally 
cleft to their base, 
flattened, and with a 
marginalmembrane; 
hinder toe very small, 
sometimes wanting. The grallatorial type. (fig. 317.) 
C. arenaria. Bon. Syn. 320. canutus. Selby, ii. pl. 27. f.1.3. 
Himantoprvs, Brisson. Bill straight, very slender, nar- 
row; hard, the outer half not depressed, but rounded, 
the margins being inflexed. Nasal groove extending 
only to half the length of the bill. 
