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RUFFS. 
The next form, separated from the Totani and 
true Tringce, is very remarkable, both on account 
of the singular development of feathers on the neck 
during- the breeding season, and for the variations 
in the colouring by which these are marked, no 
two individuals being exactly similar. 
Machetes, Cuvier. — Generic characters Bill 
straight, rather slender, tip slightly dilated 
and smooth ; wings long and pointed, first 
and second quills longest ; legs long, naked 
above the tarsal joint; outer toe somewhat 
palmated ; hallux articulated on the tarsus. 
Type, M. pugnax. The only species known. 
Note. — Polygamous. Head of the male during 
the season of breeding covered with fleshy 
warts or papillae ; neck adorned with length- 
ened feathers. Distribution, Europe, Africa. 
