443 
209 . Tetrao phasianellus. Mottled ; tail short, cuneiform, 
of eighteen narrow, square feathers, the two middle much the 
longest, the outer white at the point. 
Female similar to the male. Winter plumage, much darker 
and more glossy. 
Sharp-tailed Grous , Tetrao phasianellus, JVoh. Jim. Orn . 
Hi. pi. 29 . 
Inhabits the high northern regions of America, as well as 
the high range of the Rocky Mountains. 
Note 21. Ardea pealii. We think proper to give the equiva- 
lent phrase for the European Little Egret. 
Ardea garzetta , L. Crested ; snowy white ; bill very slender, 
four inches long, and with the legs, black ; toes yellowish ; tarsus 
less than four inches long. 
Adult, crest small, of but two or three slender, elongated feath- 
ers ; a large neck-fringe of compact, subulate feathers ; back with 
long flowing silky plumes. 
Young and moulting hardly crested, and without the dorsal train. 
Little Egret , Lath. Sgarza minor e bianca , St. degli uccelli. iv. 
pi, 423. and 424. 
Inhabits Asia, and eastern, as well as southern Europe. 
Note 22. Tantalus fuscus. It is now well ascertained that 
there is an Ibis fusca, distinct from the young of I. rubra , but we 
have not been able to trace it in the United States. 
Note 23. (24. by mistake.) Numenius bremrostris , Temm. In 
stating that this new species of Lichtenstein differs essentially from 
Latham’s N. borealis , Temminck, who, like all modern writers, 
appears to be very little acquainted with the North American Nume- 
nii, must have had in view our N. hudsonicus , Lath. ( Scolopax 
borealis , Gm.) These two birds have always been confounded or 
mistaken for each other, and even by Latham himself, through in- 
advertence, as is proved by the name he has selected from Gmelin, 
and above all by its synonymy. 
The fact is, that the North American Numenii have never been 
properly understood ; but we hope that the phrases we have 
given will settle them as three distinct species ; and as they are 
