360 
ON THE CLASSIFICATION OP BIRDS. 
inclining a little upwards ; flattened towards the tip, 
which is mere or less dilated, always smooth, and that 
of the upper mandible never thickened beneath. 
316 
Tarsus longer than the middle toe. Anterior toes semi- 
palmate, flattened, with a marginal membrane on each 
side; hinder very small, (^ff.316. 311. a) 
L. melaiiura. Selby, ii. pi. 21. fedoa. Wilson, pi. 56. f. 4. 
Phalaropus, Brisson. Bill remarkably slender and 
flexible ; the nasal groove extending only half way 
Tarsus short, not longer than the hind toe. Anterior 
toes seinipalmated, and margined either by a narrow 
and simple, or a lobed and more dilated, membrane. 
The natatorial type. 
Hyperborea. Selby, pi. 28. f.l, 2. Wilsoni. N. Z. ii. pi. 69. 
Tringa, Linn. Bill 
moderate, generally 
straight, soft and 
flexible ; the tip di- 
lated and smooth. 
Tarsus longer than 
the middle toe. An- 
terior toes generally 
cleft to their base, 
flattened, and with a 
marginal membrane ; 
hinder toe very small, 
sometimes wanting. The grallatorial type. (Jig. 311.) 
C. arenaria, Bon.Syn. 320. canutus. Selby, ii. pi. 27. f. 1.3. 
Himantopcs, Brisson. Bill straight, very slender, nar- 
row ; hard, the outer half not depressed, but rounded, 
the margins being indexed. Nasal groove extending 
only to half the length of the bill. 
