. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . e; tlie groove of the lowermandible obliterated. The f)re toes all connected at the baseby a membrane. The female conspicuously laiger. These birdsnot only wade, but occasionally swim. WILLET. Catoptropliorus semipalmatus. Scolojiax semipalmata, Gmelin. Latham. Wilson. Totanus semipalmatus, Temminck. Ndttall. CatoptrophoT-us semipalmatus, BoifAPAETE. Glottis semipalmata, Nilsson. CJievalier semipalme, Of the rEENCH. SeJiwimmfdssiger IVasserldufer, Of the Germans. TJie Willet, Of the Americans. Specific Characters.—A white
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . e; tlie groove of the lowermandible obliterated. The f)re toes all connected at the baseby a membrane. The female conspicuously laiger. These birdsnot only wade, but occasionally swim. WILLET. Catoptropliorus semipalmatus. Scolojiax semipalmata, Gmelin. Latham. Wilson. Totanus semipalmatus, Temminck. Ndttall. CatoptrophoT-us semipalmatus, BoifAPAETE. Glottis semipalmata, Nilsson. CJievalier semipalme, Of the rEENCH. SeJiwimmfdssiger IVasserldufer, Of the Germans. TJie Willet, Of the Americans. Specific Characters.—A white band across the wings at aboutthree quarters of their length; under wing coverts dark brown;upper series of tail feathers light brown on their terminal half,white on their basal half; the lower series ■white, more or lessindistinctly marked with transverse bars of yellow or light thiiteen inches and a half; carpus to tip eight inches andone fifth; tarsus two inches and a half; middle toe and claw oneiucli and one tenth; beak two inches and one WILLET. 69 This interesting bird is a well-known Americanspecies, which has, however, occurred sufficiently oftenin Europe, to justify its introduction as an occasionaland accidental visitor. There is a growing feeling among naturalists toexclude all American birds from our European lists,and there is no doubt that the avi-fauns are sufficientlydistinct to justify the principle upon which this feelingis founded. But the rule which obtains with regard tothe British fauna, must to a certain extent be appliedto the European. If a well-known American species isfound occasionally or frequently to visit the old world,we must, I think, undoubtedly place it in the samecategory as the other border species which visit us fromAfrica or Asia. Temminck in both editions of hisManual, 1820 and 1840, asserts that the Semi-palmated Plover occurs not unfrequently in the northof Europe. Degland relates an instance of its captureat A
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