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LTMNOCRYPTES. — LÎMOSA. 
Limnocorax erythropus v. Heuglin, syst. Uebers. Nr. 668. 
Gallinula aterrima Pz. Paul Würtbg., Icon. ined. 72. 
Gallinula nigra Gray, Genera Birds III. 599. 
Limnocorax flaxrirostris IIartlaub, Ornith. W Africa 244. 
Limnocorax niger Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 600. 
LIMNOCRYPTES stagnatilis Kaup, natürl. Syst. = Gallinago gallinula Bonap. 
LIMN0DR0MUS noveboracensis Lembye. == Limosa grisea Schleg. 
LIMNOPARDALIS (Rallidae. — Xijjlvt) palus, TrapoaXoç nom. propr.) Cabanis, 
Journ. Ornith. 1856. IV. 428. = Rallus Lin. 
variegatus Cabanis, 1. c. = Rallus maculatus Bodd. 
LIMNOKNIS (Anabatidae. — Xijxvy palus, opvtç avis) Gould, Voy. Beagle Birds 
1839. 80. = Furnarius, Cyphorhinus. 
Synon.: Lymnornis Gray. 
Bill as long as or longer than, the head, much compressed on the sides, 
with the culmen slightly curved to the entire tip; the nostrils basal, lateral, placed 
in a nasal groove, with the opening covered by a membrane, and linear. Wings 
very short and rounded, with the fourth, fifth and sixth quills nearly equal and 
longest. Tail short and graduated, the end of each feather obliquely pointed 
and the shaft prolonged beyond the web. Tarsi as long as the middle toe and 
strongly scaled. Toes long and slender, with the lateral ones unequal, the outer 
the longest and slightly united at its base; the hind toe rather shorter than the 
middle toe. 
canifrons de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1840. 105. = Cyphorhinus canifrons. 
curvirostris Gould, Voy. Beagle Birds 81. Tb. 25. == Furnarius curvirostris. 
Darwini Gray, Handl. Birds I. 166. — Maldonado. 
rectirostris Gould, Voy. Beagle Birds 80. Tb. 24. = Furnarius orthorhyn- 
chus. 
unibrunneus de Lafresnaye, Revue Mag. Zool. 1853. 59. = Cyphorhinus 
unibrunneus. 
unirufus de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1840. 105. = Cyphorhinus unirufus. 
LIMNOSPIZA (Pitylinae. — X^uvy] palus, CTUiÇa fringilla) Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 
1851. I. 136. = Emibernagra Less. 
longicauda Cabanis, 1. c. === Embernagra longicauda Strickl. 
minor Cabanis, 1. c. = Embernagra p>latensis d'Orb. 
olivascens Cabanis, 1. c. = Embernagra olivascens d'Orb. 
platensis Cabanis, 1. c. = Embernagra platensis d'Orb. 
LIMONIDROMXJS indicus Gould 1862. = Motacilla indica Gmel. 
LIM0NITES Agassiz, Ind. Nomencl. 211. — Leimonites Kaup. 
LIM0N0PTERA Agassiz, Ind. Nomencl. 211. = Leimoniptera Kaup. 
LIMOSA (Scolopacidae) Brisson, Ornith. 1760. V. 261. — Naumann, Natg. 
Vögel Deutschi. VIII. 402. — Gray, Genera Birds 1847. III. 569. — Schlegel, 
Mus. Pays-Bas Scolop. 19. 
Synon. : Titanus Möhr. — Actitis Iiiig. — Limicula Vieiil. — Bargea Rafin. — Gam- 
betta Koch. — Macrorhamphus Leach. — Fedoa Steph. — Xenus Kaup. — Tereckia Bonap. 
— Simorhynchus Bias. — Limnodromus Wied. 
Taille égalant souvent celle de pigeon et rappelant rarement celle du merle. 
Femelle de taille plus fort que les mâles. Bec environ du double plus long que la 
tête, un peu courbé vert le haut oit droit. Pieds ordinairement plus ou moins al- 
longés. Une ou deux palmures à la base de doigts antérieurs. Plumage d'été 
varié de roux rouge. — 8 Specc. 
adspersa Lichtenstein. = Limosa fedoa Ord. 
aegocephala Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. New York 1826. IL 327. — Schlegel, 
Mus. Pays-Bas Scolop. 19. — Degland, Ornith. Europ. II. 167. — v. Heuglin, 
Ornith. NO Africa I. 1153. [Europa. Asia. 
Scolopax aegocephala , Sc. limosa Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 244. 246. — Buffon, 
PI. enlum. 874. 
