TRINGIN^. 
*"Wvieri  p,.  n 
^folia  Vigil/  (Pelinda)  chinensis  Gray;  Type  of 
17.  -p  ' ' G816),  anti  of  Ancylocheilus  Kaup,  1829. 
18.  } -p  Bull.  Sci.Nat.  xv.  SpS. 
*®Ust.  Vov  ***^*“^”*®  Vieill.  N.  Diet.  Hist.  Nat.  xxxiv.  471.,  Kru- 
19.  ? X 
Ko.  4,0g* ' Vieill.  Encyel.  Meth.  p.  IO9O., 
?0.  f ’j, 
■ >»aci,iata  Vieill.  N.  Diet.  Hist.  Nat.  xxxiv.  465. 
Azara 
21.  ? T.  eampestris  Vieill.  N.  Diet.  Hist.  Nat.  xxxiv.  454.,  Azara 
No.  397. 
22.  ? T.  subruficolUs  Vieill.  N.  Diet.  Hist.  Nat.  xxxiv.  465., 
Azara  403. 
23.  T.  nova  terra  Gmel. 
24.  ? T.  variegata  Gmel. 
25.  } T.  noveboracensis  Gmel. 
26.  ? T.  canadensis  Lath. 
Eurinorhynchus  Nils.* 
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front 
I’ather  longer  than  the  head,  straight,  comjiressed  at  the  base  for  two  thirds  of  its  length,  dilated 
Pressed  on  the  sides  at  the  tip,  so  as  to  become  rhomboidal,  with  a sharp  angular  projection 
Pointed  ' Bostrils  basal,  lateral,  longitudinal,  and  placed  in  a nasal  groove.  Wings  very  long  and 
conj  ’ quill  the  longest.  Tail  short,  and  rather  rounded.  Tarsi  moderate,  slightly 
'suited  reticulated.  Toes  moderate  and  slender,  Avith  the  lateral  ones  equal,  the  base  slightly 
slicrh,.!'  sides  margined  by  a membrane;  the  hind  toe  elevated  and  short;  the  claws  small  and 
curved. 
Till 
is  very  rarely  found  in  the  northern  parts  of  Europe  and  the  continent  of  India.  Its  habits  and 
E. 
present  unknown. 
i*  ^VSniceus  (1  ‘ \ 
18ig  Br.  Bonap.  Thunb.  Svensk  Vetensk.  Acad. 
’ ^ — -Eurinorhynchus  griseus  Mis.  As.  Res.  xix.  pi. 
ix.,  Journ.  As.  Soc.  Beng.  v.  2I7->  Rev.  Zool.  1842.  37.  402.  t.  2. 
f.  1.,  Bancr.  Nat.  Hist.  Guyana,  p.  171.  ■ Eu.  orientalis  Blyth. 
Heteropoda  Nutt.'\ 
as  the  head,  straight,  slender,  the  sides  compressed,  and  tapering  towards  the  tip ; the 
straight  and  broad,  and  flattened  near  the  apex;  the  nostrils  lateral,  basal,  and  placed  in  a 
Si'cove.  Wings  long  and  pointed,  with  the  first  quill  the  longest.  Tail  rather  short,  with  the 
len 
^'ildle 
ihode 
frathen 
s longer  than  the  lateral,  Avhich  are  a little  longer  than  the  intermediate  ones.  Tarsi 
^I’ate  1 
^lieir- 1 ’ ‘^Bder,  and  compressed.  Toes  rather  long,  slender  ; the  lateral  toes  unequal,  and  united  at 
J a -web,  which  extends  between  the  outer  and  middle  toe  to  the  second  joint,  but  all  are 
iiiar. 
ase 
Sided 
i'C  the  extremity ; the  claws  small,  compressed,  and  rather  arched. 
bird 
of  fraud  in  the  northern  parts  of  the  New  World,  and  is  generally  observed  in  company  with  the  smaller 
“orde 
uf  th*^  ®vbfamily,  though  at  times  they  form  flocks  separate  from  each  other.  It  is  sometimes  seen  on  the 
^ ^ frod  cong-  inland  lakes,  at  other  times  in  the  salt  marshes,  or  the  muddy  shores  after  the  recess  of  the  tide. 
small  Insects,  shrimps,  and  other  shellfish,  which  it  probes  out  of  the  sand,  and  of  which  it  usually 
misiderable  quantity.  The  nest  is  made  of  withered  grass,  wherein  are  deposited  from  four  to  five  eggs. 
(Wils.)  Nutt.  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  63.  f.  4.  — Tringa  brevirostris  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  t.  93.,  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  405. 
, ^llmn  established  this  genus  in  I8I6  (Ornith.  Suecic.  ii.  29.). 
l^r.  Nuttall  established  this  genus  in  18.34  (Ufon.  Ornith.  of  the  United  States,  ii.  p.  135.). 
