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GEALLATORES. 



Family SCOLOPACIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Catoptrophorus. f Bonaparte. J 



Gmerio Characters. — Bill straiglit, and solid almost its whole 

 length, furrowed only at the base; tlie groove of the lower 

 mandible obliterated. The f)re toes all connected at the base 

 by a membrane. The female conspicuously lai'ger. These birds 

 not only wade, but occasionally swim. 



WILLET. 



Catoptropliorus semipalmatus. 



Scolojiax semipalmata, Gmelin. Latham. 



" " Wilson. 



Totanus semipalmatus, Temminck. Ndttall. 



C atoptrophoT-us semipalmatus, BoifAPAETE. 



Glottis semipalmata, Nilsson. 



CJievalier semipalme, Of the rEENCH. 



SeJiwimmfdssiger IVasserldufer, Of the Germans. 



TJie Willet, Of the Americans. 



Specific Characters. — A white band across the wings at about 

 three quarters of their length; under wing coverts dark brown; 

 upper series of tail feathers light brown on their terminal half, 

 white on their basal half; the lower series ■white, more or less 

 indistinctly marked with transverse bars of yellow or light brown. 

 Length thii'teen inches and a half; carpus to tip eight inches and 

 one fifth ; tarsus two inches and a half; middle toe and claw one 

 iucli and one tenth; beak two inches and one tenth. 



