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SCOLOPACIN^. TRINGA. 
groove very long, the edges flattened or rounded, the tip 
generally rather obtuse ; lower mandible with the angle ex- 
tremely long and narrow, the sides longitudinally grooved. 
Nostrils basal, linear, small. Head rather small, oblong, 
anteriorly rounded ; neck of moderate length or long ; body 
ovate, deep. Legs generally long, slender ; tarsus long, 
compressed, scutellate ; toes generally four, first small, some- 
times wanting ; anterior toes of moderate length, slender. 
Claws small, arched, compressed, rather acute. Wings long, 
pointed, with the first quill longest, and the inner seconda- 
ries tapering and much elongated; tail rather short, of 
twelve feathers. Tongue long, slender, trigonal, pointed ; 
oesophagus of moderate width, stomach oblong or roundish, 
moderately muscular, with dense rugous epithelium ; intes- 
tine long, of moderate width ; coeca rather long, cylindrical, 
contracted at the base. Trachea flattened, with a single 
pair of inferior laryngeal muscles. 
GENUS 1. TRINGA, Linn. SANDPIPER. 
Bill little longer than the head, slender, straight, com- 
pressed, tapering, with the tip a little enlarged and blunt ; 
upper mandible with the dorsal line straight and slightly 
declinate, the ridge narrow and flattened until towards the 
end, when it becomes considerably broader, the sides slop- 
ing, the tip convex above and ending in a blunt point, the 
edges thick and flattened ; nasal groove extending to near 
the tip ; lower mandible with the angle long and very nar- 
row, the dorsal line straight, the sides sloping outwards^ 
with a long narrow groove, the tip a little broader, but ta- 
pering. Head rather small, oblong, compressed; neck of 
ordinary length ; body rather full. Feet rather long, slen- 
der ; tibia bare a third part of its length ; tarsus anteriorly 
and posteriorly scutellate ; hind toe very small, or wanting, 
the rest of moderate length, slender, the fourth slightly 
longer than the second, the third longest, all free, broadly 
