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NUMIDA. 
Xn m cuius urquata Stephens, gener. Zool. XII. 
Phaeopus vulgaris CuviER, auctore Gray. 
Numenius islandicus, N. minor Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 291. 
Numenius uropygialis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. VIII. 175; Birds Australia 
VI. Tb. 42. 
Numenius haesitatus Hartlaub, Ornith. W Africa 233. 
Numenius tahitiensis Cassin, Perry narrât. Japan II. 228. 
Numenius femoralis Cassin, Unit, St. Explor. Exped. VIII. 316. Tb. 37. — 
[cf. N. australis Gould.] 
Phaeopus phaeopus, Ph. melanorhynchus , Ph. haesitatus, Ph. luzoniensis, Ph. 
uropygialis Gray, Handl. Birds III. 42. 43. 
Regenbrachvogel, kleiner Brachvogel, Gäcker, Halbgriel. — Chota Goungh. 
— Gajahan. — Montavaza. — Man do weidt. — Whimbrell. — Petite 
Courlis. 
pygmaeus Bechstein, Natg. Deutschi. IV. 148. = Tringa subarquata Tem. 
rufescens Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862. 286. = Numenius australis Gould. 
rufescens Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 291. = Numenius arquata Lath. 
rufiventris Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1829. IV. 356. = Numenius hudsonicus Lath. 
rufus Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux II. 118. Tb. 245. = Numenius longirostris 
Wils. 
Struthersi Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Scolop. 102. [Nepal. 
Ibidorhyncha Struthersi Vigors, Zool. Proc. 1831. I. 194.^ — Blanford, Journ. 
as. Soc. Bengal 1872. II. 72. 
Chlor orhynchus strophiatus Hodgson. 
Erolia Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1836. IV. 459. 
subarquata Bechstein, Natg. Deutschi. IV. 135. = Tringa subarquata Tem. 
syngenicos v. d. Mühle, Beitr. Ornith. Griechl. 111. — Numenius tenui- 
rostris Vieill. 
tahitiensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 656. — Numenius australis Gould. 
tahitiensis Cassin, Perry narr. Japan. II. 228. — Numenius phaeopus Lath. 
tenuirostris Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1154. — Naumann, Vögel Deutschi. VIII. 
527. Tf. 218. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Scolop. 92. — v. Heuglin, Ornith. 
NO Africa 1149. [Europa. Africa septentr. 
Numenius syngenicos v. d. Mühle, Beitr. Ornith. Griechl. 111. 
Numenius hastatus Contarini, Venezia e le sue lagune. 
Numenius australis Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 291. 
Chiurlotello , Fischione terrajolo. — Geolekte Walp. — Maçarico. 
torquatus Temmings, Tabl. méth. 96. = Numenius arquata Lath. 
uropygialis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. VIII. 175. = Numenius phaeopus 
Lath. 
variabilis Bechstein, Natg. Deutschi. IV. 141. == Tringa alpina Lin. 
virgatus Cuvier, Lesson Traité Ornith. 565. — Pucheran, Revue Mag. Zool. 
1851. 371. [Africa merid. 
Courly Buffon, PI. enlum. 198. 
Tantalus courly Müller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. 112. 
viridis Brisson, Ornith. V. 326. = Ibis falcinellus Flem. 
vociferus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1155. = Ibis falcinellus Flem. 
NUMIDA (Phasianidae. — avis numida). — Linne, Syst. Nat. 1766. — Gray, 
Genera Birds 1845. III. 501. 
Synon.: Meleagris Möhr. — Numidia Flem. — Guttera Wagl. — Acryllium Gray. — 
Querelea Reichb. 
Bill moderate; the sides compressed and the culmen arched to the tip, which 
hangs over that of the lower mandible and the lateral margins smooth and curved; 
I he nostrils large, oval, and partly covered by a membrane. Wings moderate 
Wl Hh the first four quills graduated and shorter than the fifth which is the longest. 
Tat s h° ri an< ^ pendent. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, covered in front ivith 
broau ^ divided scales. Toes moderate, the anterior ones united by a membrane at 
