CHARADRINJS. 
of  the  bill,  and  the  opening  linear.  Wings  long  and  pointed,  with  the  first  and  second  quills  nearly 
equal  and  longest.  Tail  long  and  rounded.  Tarsi  as  long  as,  or  shorter  than,  the  middle  toe,  strong, 
and  covered  with  small  scales.  Toes  three,  more  or  less  long  and  robust ; with  the  outer  toe  rather 
longer  than  the  inner,  and  united  at  the  base  by  a membrane,  and  all  margined  on  the  sides ; the  hm 
toe  wanting. 
1.  T.  novce  seelandiee  (^GmAg  Latlw  Gen.  Syn.pl.  83.  Cha- 
radrius  torquatula  Forst.  Desc.  Anim.  p.  108.  Icon.  ined.  121. 
Zool.  Ereb.  and  Terr.  Birds,  pi.  11.*  ; Ch.  Dudoroa  Wagl. 
2.  T.  Rossii  G.  R.  Gray,  Zool.  Ereb.  and  Terr.  Birds,  p.  12. 
pi.  11. 
3.  T.  ? frontalis  (Quoy  et  Gaim.) 
f.  2.  — Scolopax  sumatrana  Raffl.  ? ; 
et  Gaim.  (1833). 
Voy.  de  I’Astrol.  Ois.  l- 
Type  of  Anarhynchus 
PHEGORNlS.f 
Bill  longer  than  the  head,  very  slender,  and  straight,  with  the  tip  slightly  vaulted,  the  sid 
compressed  and  grooved;  the  nostrils  basal,  linear,  and  placed  in  the  groove  of  the  upper  mandib  e, 
which  extends  to  near  the  tip.  Wings  long  and  pointed  ; with  the  first,  second,  and  third  quills  equ^^ 
and  longest.  Tail  moderate,  broad,  and  rounded.  Tarsi  shorter  than  the  middle  toe,  robust, 
covered  in  front  with  small  scales.  Toes  three,  very  long,  and  rather  slender  ; the  outer  toe  longer  t la^^ 
the  inner,  and  both  free  at  their  bases  ; the  claws  long,  compressed,  and  slightly  curved. 
The  type  of  this  division  is  an  inhabitant  of  Chili. 
P.  Mitchelii  (Eras.)  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1844,  p.  157.,  Zool.  Typ.  pi. 
t Mr.  L.  FraBcr  gave  two  nan.es  in  1844  for  this  division  ; viz.  Leptopns  and  Leptodactylus,  both  of  which  have  been  etnplo)’^‘>  ‘ 
zoology. 
March,  1847. 
