F A M I L Y I llr S C O L O P A C I D A
SUB-FAMILY SCOLOPACINAE.
G E N U S M A C R O R H A M P H I S .
Macrorkamphus. Leach, Catal. Brit. Birds. (1816.)
MAORORHAMPHUS SCOLOPACEUS. Vol. II. Plate XL.
GENUS PELIDNA
Pelidna. Guv. (1817).
Mon. Tring. Proc. A. N. S. (1861.) p . 189.
this bird from the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, I find them"' apparently identical,
and Eastern examples, than do individuals of the same locality among themselves;
;ree with each other. I have retained the name Ginetus, as there do not appear
European forms, to separate them into distinct species.
». (1829).
¿pally in the following characters.' The upper tail
instead of while streaked with black. Although
apparently the same as the specimen figured by Audubon in the attitude of flying,
■ed by him at St. Augustine, Florida.
Vol. II. Plate XLI.
This bird, if distinct, is the South-western representative of the common P. Perspicillata, having been procured in this form on the
shores of California. The size of the two birds is about equal, and the only difference observable between them is, that the one now
under 'consideration has a rather longer, narrower, and less swollen bill; with the white patch on the head- smaller and anterior to the
eye. The accompanying engraving exhibits these peculiarities.
GENUS Si. ATERIA
Somaleria. Leach, Fleming's Philos. Zool. (1822.)
' 64. SOMATERIA V-NIGRA. ’ Vol. II. Plate XLVIII.
S T EGANOPODE S .
FAMILY iH p ELECASIDA
SUB-FAMILY GRACUL1NJ3. .
GENUS GRACULUS.
Graculus. Linn. Syst. Nat. (1735.)
66. GRACULUS BAIRDII.
67. — PERSPICIL ATUS.
K a . ; i--. • ì I pINCINNATUS.
Vol. n . Plate XLIV.
Vol. H. Plate L.
Vol. H. Plate LI.