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MACRORHAMPHUS. 
Next to the Snipes, and hy some persons among 
them, has been placed a rare British bird, form- 
ing the genus Macrorhamphus of Leach. It is, in 
reality, a marine Snipe, with the plumage and sea- 
sonal changes of the tring®. 
Genus Macrorhamphus, Leach . — Generic cha- 
racters . — Bill long, slightly dilated at the tip, 
and there incurred and rugose above and 
below; mandible and maxilla furrowed until 
near the tip ; nostrils basal, pervious ; wings 
long, first and second quills longest, and nearly 
equal ; small bastard quill narrow and rigid ; 
legs, with the tibiae, naked for half the length ; 
outer toes connected by a web to the first joint, 
hinder toe resting on its tip only. 
Type, M. griseus. 
Note . — Frequents the sea coasts, and is seldom 
seen inland ; breeding and winter plumage 
dissimilar. Distribution, Europe, America. 
Toe Brown Longbeak, Macrorhamphus gri- 
seus, Leach Macrorhamphus griseus , Leach , Sel- 
by. — Scolopax grisea, Penn., Mont., Jenyns, Temm. 
— Brown Snipe, Brown Longbeak, Bed-breasted 
Snipe, Grey Snipe of British authors. — This bird 
is properly a native of North America, and reaches 
