SCOLOPACID^- 
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Family SCOLOPACIDiE. Sandpipers and Snipes. 
IhL length. Hinder toe generaUy present, elevate 
above the others. , 
I Differ Bill resembling Galhnuia, nut 
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Cm. Bill m.d, lengfhenrfi the upper 
mandible thickened and curved at the ^P- 
not longer than the middle toe. Rasorial. {fig. •) 
R. Capensis. PI. Enl. 270. 
7 /.m I inn Bill very much lengthened, straight, 
iKetiPreufh, .Ith’ e„...«d .p.«. the t.p .7 
upper mandible thickened and projecting beyond that 
of the lower, which it receives m a groove, {fig. 
Middle toe much longer than the tarsus, {fig- 
S. major. Selby, pi. 23. f. 2. rusticola. Selby, 23. . 
eriseus. Ib. pi. 24. f. 2. . 
Limosa, Brisson. Bill very long, either straight, or 
