. A dictionary of birds . early all the smaller lands of the grouptermed by modern ornithologists which are not Ploversor Snipes, but may be said to be intermediate between by most systematists in the Family Srolopacidai, the birdscommonly called Sandpipers seem to form three sections, whichhave been often regarded as subfamilies—Totaninx, Tringinai and Plialaropodinx, the last of which hasalready been treated (Phalaeope), andin some classifications takes the higherrank of a Family — distinctions between Totaninxand Tringinm, though believed to bereal,
. A dictionary of birds . early all the smaller lands of the grouptermed by modern ornithologists which are not Ploversor Snipes, but may be said to be intermediate between by most systematists in the Family Srolopacidai, the birdscommonly called Sandpipers seem to form three sections, whichhave been often regarded as subfamilies—Totaninx, Tringinai and Plialaropodinx, the last of which hasalready been treated (Phalaeope), andin some classifications takes the higherrank of a Family — distinctions between Totaninxand Tringinm, though believed to bereal, are not easily drawn, and spaceis wanting here to describe themminutely. Both of these groups havebeen the sport of nomenclators andsj^stematists, so that a vast mass ofsynonymy, puzzling to unravel, andmany superfluous genera have beenintroduced. The most obvious dis-tinctions may be said to lie in the form of the tip of the bill (withwhich is associated a less or greater development of the sensitive nerves .■•^i. Tringa. (After Swainson.) SANDPIPER 8ii
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