734 U. S. P. E. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catal . 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Wlien col- 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Ji Willys 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
138-2 
441 
1481 
1178 
4866 
81)93 
8991 
5438 
5437 
8202 
5737 
5099 
10423 
6648 
6649 
3 
3 
9 
9 
9 
0KlislejPa 
April 22,1844 
Aug. 24,1811 
S. F. Baird 
8.80 
16.50 
5.24 

8.64 
8.50 
9.00 
9.00 
16.40 
16.00 
17.00 
17.00 
5.32 
5.30 
5.25 
5.60 
do 
Upper Missouri and Yel- 
lowstone rivers. 
Sept. 8, 1843 
April 28, 1856 
Lieut. Warren 
Dr. Hayden.... 
Aug. 10 
8.00 
8.25 
16.25 
15.75 
5.12 
6.00 
Little Blue river, K. T 
July 22,1856 
July 29,1856 
April 29, 1855 
Dr. Cooper ... 
8.50 
15.75 
6.25 
9.00 
5.50 
379 
May 6,1856 
Gov. Stevens 
Dr.Suekley ... 
9.00 
17.00 
5.50 
HETfLROSCELUS, Baird. 
q h gin longer than tbe head cr the tarsus, stout, much compressed. Commissure straight to near the tip, where it is gently 
decurved. The culmen is slightly concave about the middle. Nasal groove extending over the basal two-thirds of the bill. 
Mouth moderately cleft; gape extending nearly the length of the nostrils behind the base of culmen. Legs short. Tarsus about 
equal to middle toe, and about 2£ times the length of exposed tibia; covered anteriorly by narrow transverse scutellae, laterally 
and behind by hexagonal scales. Scales of tibia hexagonal. Outer and middle toe connected by a basal web as far as the first 
joint of the latter ; a rudimentary web to the inner toe. Hind toe long; one-third tbe tarsus. Tail half the wings. Plumage 
perfectly uniform above, without spots or bands of any kind. 
This very remarkable sandpiper differs, in the hexagonal scntellation of the tibia and on the 
posterior face of the tarsus, from any other of the Totaneae, and on this account should, with all 
propriety, be made the type of a distinct group. The bill is stronger than in any American 
Senus, except Symphemia, differing mainly from this in the straightness of the bill and greater 
amount of inflection of the edges. The nasal groove extends further forward, and the upper 
jaw is a little more decurved at the end. The gape is a little more deeply cleft. The legs, 
especially the tarsi, are much shorter ; the inner toe only slightly webbed. The claws are 
short, stout, and unusually curved. The legs have a much roughened appearance. 
HETEBOSCELUS BREVIPES, (Vie ill.) Baird. 
Wandering Tatler. 
Tringa glareola, Pallas, Zoog. Ross.-As. II, 1811, 194. 
Totanus brevvpes, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI, 181(5, 410.— Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. VIII, 1856, 40. 
Scolqpax undulata, Forster, Desc. An. 1844, 173. 
Ttitunus Oceanian, Lesson, Comp. Buff. 1847, 244. 
Toianus polynesiae, Peale, Voy. Vincennes & Peacock, Birds, 1848, 237. 
Totanus fuliginosus, Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, 1841, 130. 
? Totanus pulverulenius, MOixer, Verh. 1844, 153. 
Figures. Pallas, Zoog. Ross.-As. II, pi. 60. — Temm. & Schlg. Faun. Japon. Birds.pl. 65?— Gray, Genera, III, pi. 154? 
g P- en. Rather larger than T. jlavipes. Bill rather longer than the head ; wings long ; legs shorter than usual in this group ; 
