. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 260 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS — LONGIPENNES. According to Tcmminck it foods ou insects an<l worms; and on several occasions where it was shot in Great Britain it was found in company with different spoeios of Terns. Gknus RHODOSTETHIA, Macoillivuay. /.•(),«/((, f'oni|t. l-ist, 18:JS, 6i {ty[H', , Mac(iii,l. ; not of OWEV, 1838). Rhodustelhin, Man. I!rit. Oni. II. 1842, 253 (.siiiiiv tyiic). Qen. "Ijtxly nuMlnrale ; nock ratliiT short; la-iul ovatu ; bill
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 260 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS — LONGIPENNES. According to Tcmminck it foods ou insects an<l worms; and on several occasions where it was shot in Great Britain it was found in company with different spoeios of Terns. Gknus RHODOSTETHIA, Macoillivuay. /.•(),«/((, f'oni|t. l-ist, 18:JS, 6i {ty[H', , Mac(iii,l. ; not of OWEV, 1838). Rhodustelhin, Man. I!rit. Oni. II. 1842, 253 (.siiiiiv tyiic). Qen. "Ijtxly nuMlnrale ; nock ratliiT short; la-iul ovatu ; bill sliort, rallitT .slt'iider: \i\i\H'T inaiuliblu with its ilorsal mitline iii-arly strai,i,'ht for lialf its h'ii;,'tli, arcuate-dueurvate tow rd the end ; lower niandihle witli the inleivnual siiace narrow, the knctt slij^lit, the dorstd lini! cave, the tip narrow ; legs short; libiiu bare for a very sliort ., ace ; rather stout, anterinrlv. H. rosea, summer adult, Hcntellate, rongli behind ; first tiK' short, witli a large curved claw ; anterior toes nuiderate, will) tiu'ir Webs entire ; claws rather large, arched, compressed, acute ; ]duniage soft and lull ; wiii^^ long, rather narrow, |)ointed ; tiiil cuneale, of twelve feathers, of which the central ovm nmch laigiT than the lateral" (). A single sp'cies only is known, being one of the rarest of the i'aniily ; no specimen having' until very recently cunte to any American collection. Rhodostethia rosea. ROaS'S OULL; WBDOE-TAILED OULL. Lnrus , Macoim- Mi' Snc. V. lf<-2l, 24'.). —.Iaim). & , Ilhistr. Oin. 1828, pi. II. {lih<HlosMhi<i) i-oseus, HlMTII, .1. f. (I. 18.'.;i, Klfl. Khmlimlelhiii roMn, in llaird's B. N. Am. IS.'.S, Sfirt. —Uaiuh, Cat. N. Am. 11. ;".!*, no. (i7S. Oil-Ks, IV. Ac. Nut. Sri. I' 18tJ2, all ; Key, 1872, 31(1; Check ^l, lS7;i, no. ; , no. 7S!t; II. N. W. 1S7», li
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