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THE SEMIPALMATED SNIPE, OR WILLET. 
four broad longitudinal rugas, and of a bright red colour. Intestine, efg 
h ij, 3 feet 3 inches long, only 3 twelfths in width at the upper part, 
toward the rectum 2 twelfths. Coeca, i i, 3i inches long ; their distance 
from the extremity 3 inches ; their width 2 twelfths, the extremity rounded. 
Trachea 5* inches long, from 3£ twelfths to 2 twelfths in breadth, much 
flattened ; its rings unossified, 125, and 1 dimidiate. Proventricular half 
rings 15. Lateral muscles rather strong ; a single pair of inferior or laryn- 
geal muscles. 
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Genus V.— LIMOSA, Briss, GOD WIT. 
Bill very long, slender, sub-cylindrical, tapering to an obtuse point, 
slightly recurved ; upper mandible with the dorsal line slightly curved 
upwards, the ridge convex, the sides with a narrow groove extending almost 
to the point, the edges rather obtuse, the tip very slightly enlarged ; lower 
mandible with the angle very long and extremely narrow, the sides with a 
narrow groove extending almost to the end, the edges blunt, the tip obtuse. 
Nostrils basal, linear, nearer the edge. Head small, oblong, neck rather 
long, slender ; body slender. Feet long and slender ; tibia bare for about a 
third*, anteriorly scutellate; tarsus long, slender, scutellate before and behind; 
toes small, slender, scutellate above ; anterior connected by webs at the 
base, first very small. Claws small, compressed, slightly arched, obtuse. 
Plumage soft and blended. Wings rather long, narrow, very acute ; 
primaries tapering, the first longest, the inner secondaries elongated. Tail 
short, even, of twelve narrow rounded feathers. 
