Genus— CGENOCORYPHA Gray. 
Ccenocorypha Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, 
before April 18th, 1855, p. 119. Type 
(by original designation) .. .. . . Gallinago aucklandica Gray. 
Holmesia Gray 7 , Hand-list Gen. & Spec. Birds, 
B.M., pt. m., p. 53, Aug. 17tli, 1871 : 
new name for above (ex Bonaparte MS., 
1853). 
Snipe-like Woodcock, with roundish wings, long bills, short legs and long 
toes. 
Bill long, thin, “ roughened ” for half its length from the tip. A long 
groove from the nostrils almost to the tip. Tip turned over to cover the end 
of the lower mandible. Nostrils elliptical, basal and placed in a grove. Culmen 
rounded and running into the head. Lower mandible grooved for about half 
its length. Interramal space unfeathered, except at the base. Wings half- 
rounded, with the first primary longest and each succeeding one a trifle shorter 
than the one preceding it. Wing-coverts long and thick, those of the secon¬ 
daries almost as long as the closed wing. Tarsus shorter than the middle toe 
alone and covered with scutes. Hind-toe long and thin. Outer and inner 
toe and claw of about equal length and about as long as the middle toe alone. 
Tail short and composed of fourteen narrow feathers (except the central ones) 
which get narrower towards the outermost. The tail-feathers are hidden by 
the upper and under tail-coverts. 
Cf., Lowe, Ibis, 1915, pp. G90-716. for full details. 
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