TRINGINiE. 
Cuvieri  Pr.  Bonap.  ;  Tringa  (Pelinda)  chinensis  Gray;  Type  of        21.  ?  T.  campestris  Vieill.  N.  Diet.  Hist.  Nat.  xxxiv.  454.,  Azara 
Erolia  Vieill.  (1816),  and  of  Ancylocheilus  Kaup,  1829.  No.  397. 
17.  T.  longirostris  Bull.  Sci.  Nat.  xv.  393.  22.  ?  T.  subruficollis  Vieill.    N.  Diet.  Hist.  Nat.  xxxiv.  465., 
18.  ?  T.  sakhalmi  Vieill.    N.  Diet.  Hist.  Nat.  xxxiv.  471.,  Kru-  Azara  403. 
senst.  Voy.  t.  86.  23.  ?  T.  novce  terra  Gmel. 
19.  ?  T.  atricapilla    Vieill.      Encycl.    Meth.  p.  1090.,    Azara        24.  ?  T.  varieyata  Gmel. 
No.  406.  25.  ?  T.  noveboracensis  Gmel. 
20.  ?  T.  macukita  Vieill.  N.  Diet.  Hist.  Nat.  xxxiv.  465.  26.  ?  T.  canadensis  Lath. 
ElJRINORHYNCHUS  Nils.* 
Bill  rather  longer  than  the  head,  straight,  compressed  at  the  base  for  two  thirds  of  its  length,  dilated 
and  depressed  on  the  sides  at  the  tip,  so  as  to  become  rhomboidal,  with  a  sharp  angular  projection 
in  front ;  the  nostrils  basal,  lateral,  longitudinal,  and  placed  in  a  nasal  groove.  Wings  very  long  and 
pointed,  with  the  first  quill  the  longest.  Tail  short,  and  rather  rounded.  Tarsi  moderate,  slightly 
compressed,  and  reticulated.  Toes  moderate  and  slender,  with  the  lateral  ones  equal,  the  base  slightly 
united,  and  the  sides  margined  by  a  membrane;  the  hind  toe  elevated  and  short;  the  claws  small  and 
slightly  curved. 
This  singular  bird  is  very  rarely  found  in  the  northern  parts  of  Europe  and  the  continent  of  India.  Its  habits  and 
manners  are  at  present  unknown. 
E.  pygmaus  (Linn.)  Pr.  Bonap.  Thunb.  Svensk  Vetensk.  Acad.  I  ix.,  Journ.  As.  Soc.  Beng.  v.  217.,  Rev.  Zool.  1842.  37.  402.  t.  2. 
Handl.  1816.  pi.  vi. — Eurinorhynchus griseus  Nils.  As.  Res.  xix.  pi.     f.  I.,  Bancr.  Nat.  Hist.  Guyana,  p.  17 1.  ?  Eu.  orientalis  Blyth. 
Heteropoda  Nutt.f 
Bill  as  long  as  the  head,  straight,  slender,  the  sides  compressed,  and  tapering  towards  the  tip ;  the 
culmen  straight  and  broad,  and  flattened  near  the  apex;  the  nostrils  lateral,  basal,  and  placed  in  a 
narrow  groove.  Whigs  long  and  pointed,  with  the  first  quill  the  longest.  Tail  rather  short,  with  the 
middle  feathers  longer  than  the  lateral,  which  are  a  little  longer  than  the  intermediate  ones.  Tarsi 
moderate,  slender,  and  compressed.  Toes  rather  long,  slender ;  the  lateral  toes  unequal,  and  united  at 
their  base  by  a  web,  which  extends  between  the  outer  and  middle  toe  to  the  second  joint,  but  all  are 
margined  to  the  extremity ;  the  claws  small,  compressed,  and  rather  arched. 
This  bird  is  found  in  the  northern  parts  of  the  New  World,  and  is  generally  observed  in  company  with  the  smaller 
species  of  the  subfamily,  though  at  times  they  form  flocks  separate  from  each  other.  It  is  sometimes  seen  on  the 
borders  of  the  great  inland  lakes,  at  other  times  in  the  salt  marshes,  or  the  muddy  shores  after  the  recess  of  the  tide. 
Its  food  consists  of  small  insects,  shrimps,  and  other  shellfish,  which  it  probes  out  of  the  sand,  and  of  which  it  usually 
swallows  a  considerable  quantity.    The  nest  is  made  of  withered  grass,  wherein  are  deposited  from  four  to  five  eggs. 
H.  semipalmata  ( Wils.)  Nutt.  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  63.  f.  4.  —  Tringa  brevirostris  Spue,  Av.  Bras.  t.  93.,  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  405. 
*  M.  Nilson  established  this  genus  in  1 8 1 6  (Orrrith.  Suecic.  ii.  29.). 
t  Mr.  Nuttall  established  this  genus  in  1834  {Man.  Ornith.ofthe  United  States,  ii.  p.  135.). 
