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FALCINELLUS. FALCINELLK. 
Generic Chaymcter. 
Rostrum capite longior, sub- 
curvuni, basi depressum : 
mandibulae canalicuiatse. 
Nares lineares, in sulco 
elongato positae, hoc mem- 
branS, tecta. 
Pedes tetradactyli, digiti ati- 
teriorcs basi membrana 
connexi ; pollex apice in 
terram insistente. 
FALCINELLUS. Cuv. 
SCOLOPAX. Gmel. 
NUMENIUS. Lath. 
TRINGA. Temm. 
Beah longer than the head, 
shghtly incurved, its base 
depressed : the mandibles 
channelled. 
Nostrils linear, placed in an 
elongated groove, which is 
covered by a membrane. 
Legs four-toed, the anterior 
toes connected at their base 
by a membrane; the hinder 
toe resting on the ground 
at its tip. 
T. HERE is but one species hitherto discovered of 
this genus, and of that from its rarity but little is 
known of its manners. 
Cuvier says that it is destitute of the hinder toe. 
