History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

BIRDS. GRALLiE. 93of England, but rare in the northern ones. Mr has traced it as far asSelbyMorpeth in Northumberland. Pennant inserted it in his list of ScottishBirds prefixedto Lightfoot'sFlora Scotica, without mentioning a habitat.Dr Burgess, however, enumerates itamong the birds of Kirkmichael (St. Ac.vol. L)GRALLiE.Waders.I. Cultrirostres. Bill strong and sharp-edged.Ardea.II. Pressirostres. BUI feeble, the edges more or less rounded.a. Tetradactyke. With a hind-toe.b. Toes remarkably long and flattened below. Sternum narrow.Wings short. Macrodactyl.e.c. Front covered.Ballus.Ortygometra.cc. Front with a naked stripe.Gallinula.Fulica.bb. Toes of moderate length.c. Toes with a developed membrane.cc.d. Membrane scalloped.Phalaropus.Lobipes.dd. Membrane continuous.Recurvirostra.Membrane wanting, or abbreviated.d. Bill longer than the head.e. Bill arched, deflected.Numenius.ee. Bill nearlv» straight.CDf. bill slender, produced.ff.Nasal groove short, the extremity of thebill solid.Totanus.gg. Nasal groove reaching nearlv to the endof the bill.h. Mandible with a dorsal groove.Scolopax.hJi. Mandible destitute of a dorsal groove.Limosa.Tringa.ff. Bill conical, short.Strepsilas.dd. Bill shorter than the head.Vanellus.Squaterola.