FULIGULIM. 
Peculiar  to  New  Zealand;  and  Forster  says  they  live  “ by  sucking  the  worms,  8fc.,  from  the  mud,  when  the 
retires  from  the  beach.” 
1.  H.  malacorhynchus  (Gmel.)  Forst.  Icon.  ined.  t.  74. — Malacorhynchus  Forsterorum  Wagl. 
Camptolaimus  G.  R.  Gray.* 
Bill  nearly  as  long  as  the  head ; the  base  as  high  as  broad ; the  culmen  gradually  sloping  to  the  tip? 
which  is  armed  with  a strong  and  broad  nail  ; the  sides  near  the  tip  membranous,  dilated,  and  flexibly  > 
it 
with  a narrow  bony  plate  running  along  beneath  the  nostrils  towards  the  base  of  the  biU,  where  i 
somewhat  dilated  ; the  lameUse  of  the  upper  mandible  moderate,  but  on  the  lower  they  are  very  P’’ 
minent,  long,  and  widely  set ; and  the  nostrils  large,  lateral,  oval,  and  placed  near  the  base. 
lengthened,  pointed,  with  the  two  first  quiUs  the  longest.  Tail  short  and  wedge-shaped.  Tarsi 
more  than  half  the  length  of  the  middle  toe,  and  compressed.  Toes  lengthened,  and  united  by  ^ 
web. 
The  type  is  peculiar  to  North  America,  where  it  is  always  found  on  the  sea  coast,  especially  on  the  sand  bars, 
food  appears  to  consist  principally  of  molluscous  animals,  which  are  procured  by  expert  diving. 
Theii' 
C.  lahradora  (Gmel.)  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  69.  f.  6. 
Micropterus  ivess.f 
whi'^b 
Bill  short,  broad,  much  elevated  at  the  base,  and  depressed  from  before  the  nostrils  to  the  tip:  ^ 
is  armed  with  a broad  hooked  nail ; the  lamellse  of  the  upper  mandible  moderate,  and  widely  set , ^ 
nostrils  somewhat  linear,  and  placed  in  the  middle  of  the  biU.  Wings  short,  vsith  the  second  and  ^ 
quills  the  longest ; and  each  wing  armed  with  two  blunt  tubercles.  Tail  short  and  wedge-shaped- 
more  than  half  the  length  of  the  middle  toe.  Toes  long,  and  united  by  a fuU  web. 
pairs? 
or 
The  species  is  found  on  the  Falkland  Islands  and  Staaten  Land,  &c.,  where  it  is  generally  seen  m 
occasionally  in  flocks  of  from  forty  to  fifty.  It  feeds,  says  Mr.  Darwin,  on  shell-fish,  from  the  floating  kelji  a 
rocks.  They  constantly  keep  on  the  sea  or  on  the  rocks  of  the  shore.  From  the  shortness  of  their  wings 
fly,  but  they  have  the  power  of  using  them  when  on  the  water,  as  oars,  which  enables  them  to  escape  with 
speed.  The  nest  is  slightly  formed  on  the  rocks,  and  the  parents  are  said  to  show  great  fondness  for  thei 
when  in  danger,  by  concealing  them  with  their  own  body  while  in  the  act  of  leading  them  to  a place  of  theit 
protection  the  parents  are  enabled  to  give,  as  it  is  somewhat  difficult  for  the  shots  of  the  sailors  to  peo® 
closely  set  feathers. 
M.  cinereus  (Gmel.)  Voy.  de  I’Uranie,  pi.  39-  — Anas  brachyptera  Lath.  Forst.  Icon.  ined.  t.  68. ; Oidemia  patachonica  ^ ^ 
* Proposed  in  1841,  in  the  place  of  Kamptorhynchus  of  Mr.  Eyton  {Monogr.  Anatidce,  p.  57.),  who  published  that  name 
which  was  previously  used  in  Zoology. 
t It  was  in  the  year  1828  that  M.  Lesson  established  this  genus.  {Manuel  d’ Ornith.\>.  AlQ.) 
in  183®’ 
but 
