SCOLOPACIDiE. 



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Re. orientalis. Steph, v. xii. 1. p. 177. — Re. leucocepiiala. 

 Vieillot. 



Re. tephroleuca. Vieillot, .Enc. Meth, 360. 

 Re. corpore supra cinereo, subtus albo^ rostro nigra, pedibus rufis. 

 Avoset with the body above ash-coloured^ beneath white, with the 

 beak black, and the legs red. 



Inhabits Senegal. A bright grey reigns over 

 the top of the head, the occiput, nape, and upper 

 part of the neck, becoming of a duller tinge on the 

 back, scapulars, and wings : the primary quills are 

 black ; and the tail-feathers are of a fine clear ash- 

 colour, tinted with bluish : the throat and all the 

 under parts are more white. 



Re. Novae Hollandise. Vieillot^ Enc, Meth. 360. Steph. v. xii. 1 . 

 p. 1 76. — Re. rubricollis. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit, ii. — New 

 Holland. 



GENUS CCCXLII.^-LIMOSA, Brisson. GODWIT. 

 AcTiTis {pars) Illiger. — Fedoa mihi. 



Generic character: mde Steph. v, xii. \. p. 70. 



GENUS CCCXLIIl.- 



Ttostrum mediocre, tenue, 

 molliusculum, teretiuscu- 

 lum, rectum : mandihuloe 

 eequales apicibus cochleari- 

 formibus, acuminatis, sca- 

 bris. 



Nares basales, in sulco la- 

 teraH maxillag sitae, parvae. 

 Fades plumata. 



EREUNETES, Illiger. 



Beak moderate, thin, softish, 

 rather rounded, straight : 

 the mandibles equal, with 

 their tips cochleariform, 

 acuminated, rough„ 



Nostrils basal, small, placed 



in a lateral groove. 

 Face plumose. 



