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MACRORHAMPHUS. LONGBEAK. 
Generic Character. 
Rostrum longissimum, rec- 
tum, teretiusculum, medio 
subgracile, apice dilatato, 
subincurvo, rugoso. 
Nares laterales, basales. 
Pedes tetradactyli, digiti ex- 
teriores basi membranu 
connexi ; pollex apice solo 
insistens : tib'ice parte in- 
feriore nudee. 
Beak very long, straight, 
rounded, rather slender in 
the middle, its tip dilated, 
somewhat incurved and ru- 
gose. 
Nostrils lateral, basal. 
Legs four-toed ; the outer 
toes connected at their base 
by a membrane ; the hinder 
one resting on its tip alone: 
the lower part of the tibice 
naked. 
SCOLOPAX. Gmel., Lath., Nills., Temm. 
MACRORHAMPHUS. Leach. 
There is but one species known of this genus, 
which was established by my friend Dr. Leach, and 
named by him, as above, in the Catalogue of the In- 
digenous Animals preserved in the British Museum. 
Temminck, in the second edition of his Manuel, con- 
siders it as a true Scolopax, but in that opinion I 
cannot coincide, as its habits are so very dissimilar to 
those of the birds of that genus, and its beak is, more- 
over, so much larger, and more expanded at its tip 
