PhjiopuS, C'wp. Whim- 
BRELS. 
Beak depressed to- 
wards the end. Fig. 216. 
( 71 ) 
Furrow of the nostrils 
almost the whole length 
of the beak. 
d. Falcinellus, Cuv. Pyg* 
MY-CURLEWS. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Na great toe. 
e. SCOLOPAX PROPER. 
Woodcocks. Snipes. 
Beak straight, the end Ditto, with a simple Head compressed ; eyes 
of the upper mandible furrow on the lower large and very far back, 
(enlarging to surpass the mandible, 
lower) soft, very sensi- 
ble, and drying into a 
point after death. Fig. 
201. 
f. Rynchoea, Cuv. 
Mandibles nearly e- Ditto, but no furrow 
qual, arched slightly at on the lower mandible, 
the ends. Fig. 197. 
Spots, like eyes, on the 
pen-feathers of the wings 
and tail. 
Africa. India. 
g. LiMOSA, Bechst. God- 
wits. 
Beak straight, or slight- 
ly arched towards the 
upper part ; the end de- 
pressed and blunt. Fig. 
200. 
Ditto. 
Form more slender and 
legs longer than in the 
Scolopax. 
h. Galidris, Cuv. Sand- 
pipers. Knots. 
Beak depressed at the Ditto, 
end, not longer than the 
head. 
Pelidna, Cuv Purres. 
Stints. Sea-larks. 
Beak of Calidris^ but 
a little longer than the 
head. 
Ditto. 
Toes slightly border- 
ed, without webs at their 
base ; great toe scarcely 
long enough to reach the 
ground (Fig. 221), gait 
and form heavy. 
Toes without bordei's 
or webs. 
