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BIRDS. 
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Family 100. — SCOLOPACIILE, (21 Genera, 121 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
N EARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Pa l.® arctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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1 . 2 . 3.4 
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1 . 2 . 3.4 
1 . 2 . 3 .4 
1 . 2 . 3 .4 
The Scolopacidse, comprehending the Snipes, Sandpipers, Cur- 
lews, and allied genera, are perhaps as truly cosmopolitan as 
any family of birds, ranging to the extreme north and visiting 
the remotest islands. The genera of universal distribution are 
the following : — 
Numenius (16 sp.) ; Limosa (6 sp.) ; Totanus (12 sp.) ; Trin- 
goides, (6 sp.) ; Himantopus (6 sp.) ; Tringa (20 sp.) ; and Galli- 
nago (24 sp.). Those which have a more or less restricted dis- 
tribution are : — 
Ibidorhyncha (1 sp.), Central Asia and the Himalayas (Plate 
VII. Vol. I. p. 331) ; Helodromas (1 sp.), Palaearctic region and 
North India ; TereJcia (1 sp.), East Palsearctic, wandering to 
India and Australia ; Becurvwostra (6 sp.), Nearctic region to 
the High Andes, South Palaearctic, East and South Africa, Hin- 
dostan and Australia ; Micropelama (1 sp.), North America to 
Chili; Machetes (1 sp.), Palsearctic region and Hindostan 
(Plate I. Vol I. p. 195) ; Ereunetes (3 sp.), Nearctic and Neo- 
tropical ; Eurinorhynchus (1 sp.), North-east Asia and Bengal ; 
Calidris (1 sp.), all regions but Australian ; Macrorhamphus (3 
sp.), Palsearctic and Nearctic, visits Brazil and India; Scolopax 
(4 sp.), the whole Palsearctic region, to India, Java, and Australia ; 
Philohela (1 sp.), East Nearctic ; Rhynchcea (4 sp.), Ethiopian and 
Oriental, Australia, and Temperate South America ; Phalaropus 
(3 sp.), North Temperate zone, and West Coast of America to 
Chili. 
VOL. II. 
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