Genus— C A N U T U S . 
Canutus Brehm, Vogel. Deutschl., p. 653, 1831 . . Type C. canutus. 
Calidris Cuvier (not Illiger, 1811), Regne Anim., Vol. L, 
p. 489, 1816 . . . . . . . . . . . Type C. canutus. 
Tringa Gray, List Genera Birds, p. 69, 1840 . . Type ’ G. canutus. 
Stout medium Waders with short straight bills, long wings, short tail, short 
stout legs and feet. The culmen is short, stout and straight, the tip decidedly 
expanded but not punctulate ; the groove in the upper mandible extends 
almost to the tip. The culmen is noticeably depressed, in the terminal half, to 
the tip ; is longer than the metatarsus, and a little more than haK the length 
of the tail. The wings are long and very pointed, the first primary longest. 
The tail is short and even, less than half the length of the wing. The 
metatarsus is stout and short, regularly scutellate in front and behind : it is 
slightly shorter than the culmen, but longer than the middle toe. The toes 
are short, strong, and widely margined, though cleft to the base : the middle 
toe is about two-thirds the length of the metatarsus. A strong hind toe and 
claw is present. 
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