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TRINGINiE.
Cuvieri Pr. Bonap. ; Tringa (Pelinda) chinensis Gray; Type of
Erolia Vieill. (1816), and of Ancylocheilus Kaup, 1829.
17. T. longirostris Bull. Sci. Nat. xv. SQ3.
18. ? T. sakhalmi Vieill. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 471., Kru-
senst. Voy. t. 86.
19. ? T. atricapilla Vieill. Encycl. Meth. p. 1090., Azara
No. 406.
'20. ? T. maculata Vieill. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 46.5.
21. ? T. campestris Vieill. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 454., Azara
No. 397.
22. ? T. subruficollis Vieill. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 465.,
Azara 403.
23. ? T. nova- terra Gmel.
24. ? T. varieyata Gmel.
25. ? T. noveboracensis Gmel.
26. ? T. canadensis Lath.
EuiUNORHYNCHUS Nils*
Bill rather longer than the head, straight, compressed at the base for two thirds of its length, dilated
and depressed on the sides at the tip, so as to become rhomboidal, with a sharp angular projection
in front ; the nostrils basal, lateral, longitudinal, and placed in a nasal groove. Wings very long and
pointed, with the first quill the longest. Tail short, and rather rounded. Tarsi moderate, slightly
compressed, and reticulated. Toes moderate and slender, with the lateral ones equal, the base slightly
united, and the sides margined by a membrane; the hind toe elevated and short; the claws small and
slightly curved.
This singular bird is very rarely found in the northern parts of Europe and the continent of India. Its habits and
manners are at present unknown.
E. pygmceus (Linn.) Pr. Bonap. Thunb. Svensk Vetensk. Acad, j ix., Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 217., Rev. Zool. 1842. 37. 402. t. 2.
Handl. 1816. pi. vi. — Eurinorhynchus griseus Nils. As.Res.xix.pl. f. 1., Bancr. Nat. Hist. Guyana, p. 17 1. ? Eu. orientalis Blyth.
Heteropoda Nutt.f
Bill as long as the head, straight, slender, the sides compressed, and tapering towards the tip ; the
culmen straight and broad, and flattened near the apex; the nostrils lateral, basal, and placed in a
narrow groove. Wings long and pointed, with the first quill the longest. Tail rather short, with the
middle feathers longer than the lateral, which are a little longer than the intermediate ones. Tarsi
moderate, slender, and compressed. Toes rather long, slender ; the lateral toes unequal, and united at
their base by a web, which extends between the outer and middle toe to the second joint, but all are
margined to the extremity ; the claws small, compressed, and rather arched.
This bird is found in the northern parts of the New World, and is generally observed in company with the smaller
species of the subfamily, though at times they form flocks separate from each other. It is sometimes seen on the
borders of the great inland lakes, at other times in the salt marshes, or the muddy shores after the recess of the tide.
Its food consists of small insects, shrimps, and other shellfish, which it probes out of the sand, and of which it usually
swallows a considerable quantity. The nest is made of withered grass, wherein are deposited from four to five eggs.
H. semipalmata ( Wils.) Nutt. Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 63. f. 4. — Tringa brevirostris Spix, Av. Bras. t. 93., Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 405.

• M. Nilson established this genus in 1816 (Ornith. Suecic. ii. 29.).