Genus— M ESOSCOLOPAX. 
Mesoscolopax Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV., 
pp. 338, 371, 1896 . . . . . . . . . . Type M. minuius. 
Small Scolopacine Waders with a short arched bill, long wings, legs and feet, 
and long tail. The bill is only slightly curved and is less than a fourth of 
the wing, and also shorter than the metatarsus. The metatarsus is regularly 
scutellated both before and behind ; a feature which separates it at once 
from the Numenioid Waders, and shows its relationship with the Totanoid 
forms. The middle toe is slightly shorter than half the length of the 
metatarsus. The tail is long and rounded. 
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