LIMOSIN.E. 
the  first  quill  the  longest.  Tail  short  and  even.  Tarsi  longer  than  the  middle  toe,  rather  slender,  and 
covered  in  front  with  narrow  transverse  scales.  Toes  long ;  the  outer  toe  united  to  the  middle  toe  by  a 
membrane  as  far  as  the  first  joint ;  the  inner  toe  slightly  united  ;  the  hind  toe  long,  slender,  and  partly 
resting  upon  the  ground ;  the  claws  short  and  obtuse. 
The  species  are  found  in  most  parts  of  the  world.  Their  habits  and  manners  are  similar  to  those  given  with  the  last 
genus. 
1.  L.  agocephala  (Linn.)  PI.  enl.  874.  916.  — Scolopax  Limosa 
Linn. ;  S.  belgica  Gmel.  ;  S.  melanura  Leisler,  Gould,  B.  of  Eur. 
pi.  305. ;  Totanus  rufus  Bechst. 
2.  L.  melanuroides  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1846,  p.    .,  B.  of  Austr. 
pi. 
3.  L.  lapponica  (Linn.)  Briss.  Orn.  v.  t.  24.  f.  2.,  PI.  enl.  900.— 
Limosa  rufa  Briss.  ;  Scolopax  leucophfca  Lath. ;  Totanus  gregarius 
Bechst.;  L.  ferruginea  Pull. ;  T.  glottis  Meyer  j  ?  L.  Meyeri  Leisler, 
Nachtr.  zu  Bechst.  Naturg.  ii.  p.  172. 
4.  ?  L.  nova  zealandite  G.  R.  Gray,  Zool.  Ereb.  &  Terr.  Birds, 
p.  . 
5.  L.  fedoa  (Linn.)  Edwards's  Birds,  pi.  1 37-,  Wils.  Amer.  Orn. 
pi.  56.  f.  4.  —  Scolopax  marmorata  Lath.  Gal.  des  Ois.  11.  t.,  Au- 
dub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  238. 
6.  L.  hudsonica  (Lath,)  Swains.  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  258., 
Edw.  pi.  138.  ? 
7.  L.  alba  (Linn.)  Edwards's  Birds,  pi.  139.  —  Limosa  Candida 
Briss. ;  L.  Edwardsii  Rich.  §  Sw. 
8.  L.  cinerea  (Gi'dd.)  Nov.  Comm.  Petrop.  xix.  473.  t.  19. — 
Limosa  recurvirostra  Pall. ;  Scolopax  terek  Lath.  ;  Tringa  javanica 
Horsf.  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  307.  ;  Limosa  Indiana  Less.  ;  Fedoa 
terekensis  Steph.  ;  Type  of  Xenus  Kaup  (1829). 
July,  1847. 
