. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . e groove of the lowermandible obliterated. The f >re toes all connected at the baseby a membrane. The female conspicuouslj- larger. These birdsnot only wade, but occasionall) swim. WILLET. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus. Scolopax semipalmata, Gmelin, Latham. Wilson. Totanus semip at mains, Temmihck. Nuttall. Catoptroptiorus semipalmatus, Bonapaete. Glottis serai palm a la, Nilsson. Clievalier semipalme, Of the Feench. ScJiwimmfilssiger Ifutsserlciufer, Of the Geemans. Tke Willet, Of the Americans. Specific Characters.—A wh
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . e groove of the lowermandible obliterated. The f >re toes all connected at the baseby a membrane. The female conspicuouslj- larger. These birdsnot only wade, but occasionall) swim. WILLET. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus. Scolopax semipalmata, Gmelin, Latham. Wilson. Totanus semip at mains, Temmihck. Nuttall. Catoptroptiorus semipalmatus, Bonapaete. Glottis serai palm a la, Nilsson. Clievalier semipalme, Of the Feench. ScJiwimmfilssiger Ifutsserlciufer, Of the Geemans. Tke 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 thirteen inches and a half; carpus to tip eight inches andone fifth; tarsus two inches and a half; middle toe and claw oneinch and one tenth; beak two inches and one WILLET. 69 This interesting bird is a v/ell-known Americanspecies, which, has, however, occurred sufficiently oftenin EurojDe, 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-faunee 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-palraated Plover occurs not unfrcquently in the northof Europe. Degland relates an instance of its captur
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