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SCOLOPACINiE. LOBIPES. 
GENUS III. LOBIPES, Cuv. LOBEFOOT. 
Bill at least as long as the head, extremely slender, straight, 
nearly cylindrical, towards the end tapering ; upper mandi- 
ble with the dorsal line straight, unless at the end, where it 
is a little decurved, the ridge broad and depressed, the sides 
slightly sloping, the edges rounded, and inflected towards 
the narrow acute tip ; nasal groove long, linear ; lower man- 
dible with the angle very long and narrow, the sides convex, 
the tip narrowed. Head small, with the fore part high and 
rounded ; neck of moderate length ; body rather slender. 
Feet moderate, slender; tibia bare at the lower part; tar- 
sus extremely compressed, narrowed before and behind, 
covered anteriorly with numerous scutella; toes slender, 
first extremely small, free, with a slight membrane beneath, 
second slightly shorter than fourth ; toes all scutellate above, 
the anterior webbed at the base, and margined on both sides 
with a lobed or sinuateti membrane. Claws very small, 
arched, compressed, acute. Plumage soft, and blended. 
Wings long and pointed, the first quill longest ; inner se- 
condaries very long and tapering ; tail of twelve feathers 
rounded or nearly even. Tongue extremely slender, grooved 
above, tapering to a horny point ; oesophagus narrow, uni- 
form ; stomach rounded, muscular, with the epithelium dense 
and longitudinally rugous ; intestine of moderate length and 
width; coeca rather long. Trachea much flattened, with a 
single pair of inferior laryngeal muscles. 
341. 1. Lobipes hyperboreus, Lath. Hyperborean Lobe- 
foot. 
Plate CCXV. Male and Female. 
Bill about the same length as the head, membranes of the toes scol- 
loped, tail much rounded ; upper parts greyish -black, the head lighter 
and more tinged with grey, the scapulars and some of the feathers of 
the back edged with yellowish-red, of which colour are the sides of 
the head and neck ; throat and sides of the upper part of the neck 
