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times the height of bill at base, and 4—4% times the width of 
bill at loral feathering; dertrum slightly more than 2/5 of 
exposed culmen; tarsus 1%—2 times the length of exposed 
culmen, and 2 1 /3—2% times the length of middle toe with¬ 
out claw; bare portion of tibia 11/10—1 4/10 times the length 
of the middle toe without clav/. 
Type,—Charadrius asiaticus Pallas. 
Remarks. —From Eupoda asiatica, the type of this genus, 
Eupoda vereda differs in having the tarsus somewhat longer, 
the bare portion of the tibia more extensive, the two central 
rectrices projecting decidedly beyond the rest, and in possess¬ 
ing several other minor structural differences; but these do 
not seem to justify its generic separation. Mr. Mathews has 
called attention to the differences which separate Podasocys 
montanus (Townsend) from Eupoda vereda,'^ which are vir¬ 
tually the same as those above mentioned as distinguishing 
Eupoda vereda from Eupoda asiatica; in other words, Eupoda 
asiatica is structurally almost identical with Podasocys 
montanus, differing only in very minor details, and as a mat¬ 
ter of fact is not generically separable. The difference in 
tarsal reticulation mentioned by Mathews^ proves on examina' 
tion of a series of Podasocys montanus to be of no value at all, 
since both the irregular and the perfectly regular arrangements 
of the scales on the front of the tarsus occur among the in¬ 
dividuals of this species. This bird must, therefore, in any 
case be called Eupoda montana, even if Eupoda vereda should 
be separated generically from Eupoda asiatica. As a natural 
consequence the generic name Podasocys Coues becomes a 
synonym of Eupoda Brandt. 
Mr. Mathews seems to consider^ that Eupoda Brandt is pre¬ 
occupied by Eupodes Koch^ for a crustacean and by Eupodes 
Jardine and Selby^ for a weaver bird, but by both the Interna¬ 
tional Code of Nomenclature and the American Ornithologists’ 
Union Code these two names are not identical; and we, there¬ 
fore, retain Eupoda Brandt for the present group of birds. 
Mr. Mathews further proposed the generic name Eupodella^ 
1 Birds Australia, III, pt. 1, April 2, 1913, p. 84. 
2 Birds Australia, III, pt. 1, April 2, 1913, p. 84. 
'Birds Australia, III, pt. 1, April 2, 1913, p. 83. 
2Deutschl. Crust. I, 1835, Tab. 8. 
® must. Ornith,, new series, 1836, pi. 10. 
^ Birds Australia, III, pt. 1, April 2, 1913, p. 83, fig's, 2 and 3. 
