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ORNITHOLOGY. 
Several of these birds were seen at the Bonin Islands. Mr. Collie remarks that “three white 
tapering feathers formed a crested plume on these birds, but many were shot without the crest. They 
frequented the rocks on the sea-sliore. They had one cor: cum.’’ 
Numeni-us rufiventris. n. s. Zool. Journ. vol. 4. p. 356. 
Num. subpallide rufus , supra brunneo-notatus ; vertice brunneo strigcl mediana rufd; uropygio brunnescenti ; rostra 
snbelongato, subcurvato. 
Gula albida. Colliim infra graciliter, supra fortius, brunneo striatum. Dorsi, scapularium, alarumque plumse brunneo 
in medio latius notatae ; uropygium pallide brunneum, sine notis. Remiges supra brunneae, exteriores pogoniis internis, 
interiores pogoniis utrinque, rufo notatis ; subtus pallide fuscae, similiter notatae. Tectrices inferiores brunneo et rufo 
marmoratas. Plurnce axillares brunneae, rufo fasciatae. Reduces rufae, fasciis septem brunneis notatae. Rostrum rectius 
quam in Numeniis adhuc descriptis, basi infra rufum, supra apiceque brunneum. Pedes rufi. Longitudo corporis, 1.4} ; 
ala;, a carpo ad apicem remigis primae, 8|y rostri , “ ; caudoi, 3^; tarsi, 2. 
This bird may prove to belong to Num. Hudsonicus, Lath.; but it ditfers in so many particulars 
from the figure and description given by Wilson of that bird, that I venture to keep it separate until 
an opportunity occurs of more extensive comparison. At present we have no good specimen of 
Wilson’s bird to refer to. 
Numenius borealis. Lath. — Pr. of Musignano, Syn. p. 314. sp. 244. 
Courlis demi-bec. Temm., PI. Col. 381. 
Numenius longirostris. Wils., Am. Orn. vol. 8. p. 23. pi. 64. /. 4. — Pr. of 
Musignano, Syn. p. 314. sp. 242. 
Limosa fedoa. Vieill. — Pr. of Musignano, Syn. p. 328. sp. 266. 
Great marbled Godwit. Wils., Am. Orn. vol. 8. p. 30. pi. 56. f. 4. 
Hecurvirostra occidentalis. n. s. Zool. Journ. vol. 4. p. 356. 
Recurv. dorso medio, corpore infra, fasci&que longitudinali alarum albis ; capite collogue supra, eaudcique pallidiesime 
griseis ; scapularibus alisque nigris. 
Rostrum, pedesque nigri. Remigum secundariarum apices albae, fasciam efformantes. Ala; infra, remigibus primariis 
exceptis, albas. Longitudo corporis, 16; rostri, 4i ; alee, a carpo ad apicem remigis primas, 8 J ; caudce, 3-| ; tarsi, 3 
PLATE XII. 
This bird differs from our European species, which has not yet, I believe, been met with in 
America, in the absence of the black markings on the head and nape ; and from the Indian species, 
Hecurvirostra orientalis, by the greyish colouring of the head and upper part of the neck, as well as by 
the fascia on the wings, and the black colour of its legs. It was found abundantly at San Francisco. 
Phalaropus LOBATUS. Lath., Ind. Orn. p. 776. sp. 2. 
Tringa lobata. Linn., Syst. Nat. vol. 1. p. 249. sp. 8. 
Phalaropus platyrhynclius. Temm., Man. p. 712. 
Phalaropus fulicarius. Pr. of Musignano, Syn. p. 241. sp. 277. 
Grey coot-footed Tringa. Edw., t. 308. 
Red coot-footed Tringa. Id., t. 142. 
