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quarters; others measured nearly seven inches in the whole length, 

 and the bill upwards of an inch. In their general appearance they 

 greatly resemble the Stints or Least Snipe; but unless we allow 

 that the same species may sometimes have the toes half webbed, 

 and sometimes divided to the origin, and this not in one or two so- 

 litary instances, but in whole flocks, which would be extraordinary 

 indeed, we cannot avoid classing this as a new and distinct species. 



END OF THE SEVENTH VOLUIVIE. 



