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n green It stre ; primaries slightly tipped with white, and having a white spot on their inner edges; secondaries white at their 
bases, and tipped with white ; middle feathers of the tail same green as other upper parts ; outer tipped with white, and with 
irregular bars of brownish black. Bill yellowish green, tipped with brown; feet reddish yellow. 
Young less bronzed above, and under parts white, without spots. 
Total length, 7J to 8 inches; wing, ; tail, 2 ; bill, 1; tarsus, rather less than 1 inch. 
Iiab .—Entire temperate North America ; Oregon. Europe. 
Diffused throughout the United States, resorting, in the winter season, to the southern con¬ 
fines of the republic, and extending its range into Mexico and Central America. This little 
bird has so frequently been noticed in Europe that it is now given as a species of that con¬ 
tinent by nearly all late authorities. 
List of specimens. 
Cata). 
No. 
Sex & 
age. 
Locality. 
Wlien col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
ofwings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
a 
May 10, 1844 
S. F. Baird. 
7.72 
13.40 
4.32 
8 
7.50 
13.40 
4.24 
July 9, 1844 
10422 
9 
May 13,1857 
81 
w. S. Wood... 
o 
6534 
V 
V 
9 
Lt. Warren. 
Dr. Hayden.... 
6 50 
12.25 
Iris dark brown ....... 
5439 
o 
Sept. 12. 
7.12 
12.75 
3.25 
V 
•71 
7.00 
12.50 
3.75 
d 
121 
8.00 
13.00 
4.00 
6.50 
13.00 
£ 
o 
A 
May 25. 
177 
7.50 
12.60 
4.75 
o 
78 
Dr. Cooper. 
7.12 
13.25 
Bill yellow and black... 
5988 
Port Steilacoom, \V. T . 
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FHILOMACIIUS, Moehring. 
rhilomacJius, Moehring. Genera Avium, 1752, 76. Type Tringa pugnax, L. 
Machetes, Cuvier, R. Amer. 1817. 
Ch—B ill nearly straight; as long as the head or the outer toe. Groove of bill extending nearly to the tip. Bill 
depressed, broad to the tip, which is scarcely expanded. Gape extending a little further back than the culmen; the feathers 
of lower mandibles extending rather further forward than those of upper; those of chin still further. Legs slender; tarsus 
times as long as middle toe, 1J times the length of bare tibia. A basal web connecting the outer and middle toes to the first 
joint of the former ; inner toe cleft to base. Tail rather long; distinctly barred. 
This genus, usually placed among Tringeae, appears to have most affinity with the present 
section, and in a measure to connect Tringoides and Actiturus. The bill is more depressed, and 
rather broader to the end than usual ; hut it appears hard and firm, and with little or none of 
the spoon-shaped expansion at the end. The greater cleft of the mouth, the half webbing of 
the toes, the bars on the tail, the lengthened tarsi, &c., all seem to indicate the propriety of 
placing it with Totaneae. , 
