SCOLOPACIDJE. 
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Phaeopus tahitiensis (Gra.). (24-367.) 
Scolopax tahitiensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 656, 1789 : Tahiti. 
Nnmenins femoralis Peale, U.S. Explor. Exped. vol. viii. p. 233, 1848 : 
Vincennes Island, Paumotu Group, (u.g. Cass. pi. 37.) 
Distr •—Migrant to the Islands of Pacific (supposed to breed 
in Alaska). 
Genus MESOSCOLOPAX Sharpe. 
3Icsoscolopax Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. vol. xxiv. pp. 338, 371 
(pref. July 10th), 1896. Type (by monotypy): Numenius 
minutus Gould. 
Mesoscolopax minutus (Gould). (24-371.) 
Numenius minutus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1840, p. 176, 1841 : 
New South Wales. (Pig. Gould, Austr. vi. pi. 44; Math. pi. 146 ) 
Numenius minor Muller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Land-en-Volk. p. 110, 1841: 
Amboina. Not Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 58, 1817. (Fig. Fauna 
Jap. pi. 67.) 
Distr. —Winter visitor to Australia (breeding in the Northern 
.Hemisphere). 
Genus LIMOSA Brisson. 
Limosa Brisson, Ornith. vol. i. p. 48, vol. v. p. 261, 1760. Type (by 
tautonymy) : Limosa = Scolopax limosa Linne. 
Limicula Vieillot, Anal. nouv. Orn. p. 56, April 14th, 1816. Type (by mono¬ 
typy) : “ Barge Buff on ”=Scolopax limosa Linn A 
Gambetta Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. pp. xlii, 307, July 1816. Typo (by monotypy) : 
8. limosa Linne. 
Fedoa Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. xii. pt. i. p. 70, 1824. Type (by 
tautonymy) : Scolopax fedoa LinnA Not of Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, 
pp. 20. 56, 1817. 
Aclites Billberg, Syuops. Fannie Scand. vol. i. pi. 2, tab. A, and p. 153, 1828. 
Type, Scolopax limosa Linne. Not of Illiger, Prodr. Mamm. & Av. p. 263, 
1811. 
Limosa limosa (Linne). 
Distr. —Europe, Asia to Australia. 
[Limosa limosa limosa (Linne). (24-381.) 
Scolopax limosa Linn6, Syst. Nat. TOth ed. p. 147, Jan. 1st, 1758 : 
Sweden, Europe. (Fig. Dresser, viii. pi. 574.) 
Distr. —Europe to Asia. Extra-limital.] 
Limosa limosa melanuroides Gould. 
Limosa melanuroides Gould, Birds Austr. pt. xxxiv. (vol. vi. pi. 28), 
Sept. 1st, 1846 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. (Fig* 
Gould, vi. pi. 28 ; Math. pi. 147.) 
Distr. — Winter visitor to Australia (breeding in the Northern 
Hemisphere). 
