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CHAP. XVIII.] BIRDS. 353
Family 100.—SCOLOPACID^. (21 Genera, 121 Species.)
Neotropical
sub-reoions.
Nearctic
sub-reoions.
General Distribution.
Pal^arctic
sub-beoions.
Ethiopian
Sub-regions.
Oriental
Sub-regions.
Adstraliam
Sub-regions.
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The Scolopacidse, comprehending the Snipes, Sandpipers, Cur-
lews, and allied genera, are perhaps as truly cosmopolitan as
any family of birds, ranging to the extreme north and visiting
the remotest islands. The genera of universal distribution are
the following :
—
Numenius (16 sp.) ; Limosa (6 sp.) ; Totanus (12 sp.) ; Trin-
goides, (6 sp.) ; Himantopus (6 sp.) ; Tringa (20 sp.) ; and Galli-
nago (24 sp.). Those which have a more or less restricted dis-
tribution are :
Ibidorhyncha (1 sp.), Central Asia and the Himalayas (Plate
VII. Vol. I. p. 331)
North India; Terekia (1 sp.). East Palsearctic, wandering to
; Helodromas (1 sp.), Palsearctic region and
India and Australia ; Becurvirostra (6 sp.), Nearctic region to
the High Andes, South Palsearctic, East and South Africa, Hin-
dostan and Australia ; Micropelama (1 sp.). North America to
Chili ; Machetes (1 sp.), Palaearctic region and Hindostan
(Plate I. Vol. I. p. 195)
; Ereunetes (3 sp.), Nearctic and Neo-
tropical ; Eiirinorhynchus (1 sp.). North-east Asia and Bengal
Calidris (1 sp.), all regions but Australian ; Macrorhamjahus (3
sp.), Palffiarctic and Nearctic, visits Brazil and India ; Scolopax
(4 sp.), the whole Palsearctic region, to India, Java, and Australia ;
Philohela (1 sp.), East Nearctic ;
Rhijnclma (4 sp.), Ethiopian and
Oriental, Australia, and Temperate South America ;
Phalaropus
(3 sp.), North Temperate zone, and West Coast of America to
Chili.
;