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TRINGA. TRINGA. 
Generic Character. 
Rostrum teretiusculum, lon- 
gitudine capitis. 
Nares parvse. 
Pedes tetradactyli, fissi : di~ 
gito postico a terra fre- 
quentius elevato. 
TRINGA. Lath., GmeL 
Beak rounded, the length of 
the head. 
Nostrils small. 
Legs four-toed, cleft ; the 
hinder toe often elevated 
from the ground. 
ATHER than omit the numerous species of 
Tringa which are described in the works of Latham 
and Gmelin, without any indication of the peculiar 
forms or proportions of their beaks and feet, or of 
their general habits, I shall proceed to give their 
accounts of such birds, and retain the above generic 
name for them, in order to prevent confusion, and 
to enable future ornithologists to ascertain the re- 
spective individuals, and arrange them under their 
proper genera. 
