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PfLECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOLAi. 
Genus MACHETES, Cuvier. 
Pavoncella, Leach, Cat. M. B. Brit. Mus. 1816 (type, Tringa pugnax, L. ; cf. Stejneger, Proc. 
U. S. Eat. Mus. no. 5, 1882, 38). 
Machetes, Cuvier, R. Anim. 1817 (same type). 
Char. Bill nearly straight, as long as the head or the outer toe. Groove extending nearly to 
the tip. Bill depressed, broad to the tip, which is scarcely expanded. Gape extending a little 
farther back than the culmen ; the feathers of lower mandibles extending rather farther forward 
than those of upper ; those of chin still farther. Legs slender ; tarsus one and one fourth times as 
M. pugnax. 
long as middle toe, one and one third times the length of bare tibia. A basal web connecting the 
outer and middle toes to the first joint of the former ; inner toe cleft to base. Tail rather long ; 
distinctly barred. 
This genus, usually placed among Tringece, appears to have most affinity with the present 
section, and in a measure to connect Tryngites and Bartramia. The bill is more depressed, and 
rather broader toward the end than usual ; but it appears hard and firm, and with little or none of 
the spoon-shaped expansion at the end. The greater cleft of the mouth, the half webbing of the 
toes, the bars on the tail, the lengthened tarsi, etc., all seem to indicate the propriety of placing it 
with Totanece. 
Machetes pugnax. 
THE RUFF. 
Tringa pugnax, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 247. 
Machetes pugnax, Cuv. Reg. An. I. 1817, 490. — Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 50. — Naum. Yog. 
Deutschl. VII. 1834, 502, pis. 190-193. — Macgill. Man. II. 75. — Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
Club, Apr. 1880, 100; Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 639. — Ridgw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, 
no. 554. 
Tringa (Machetes) pugnax, Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 131. 
Philomaclius pugnax, Gray, List Gen. 1841, 89; Cat. Brit. B. 1863, 164. — Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. 
Y. V. June, 1852, 220 (Long Island). — Cassin, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 737. — Baird, 
Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 544. — Coues, Key, 1872, 260 ; Check List, 1873, no. 437. 
Pavoncella pugnax, Stejn. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Yol. 5, 1882, p. 38. 
Tringa littorca, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 251. 
Tringa rufescens, Bechst. Naturg. IY. 332. 
