| Scolopax flavipes, | Wils.—Aud. pl. 288. |
| Totanus flavipes, | Bechst. |
[108] Length 10½ inches, expanse 19½, flexure 6½, tail 2½, rictus 1⁷⁄₁₀, tarsus 2²⁄₁₀, middle toe 1³⁄₁₀.
During the winter we met with this species on one or two occasions, always solitary, wading in the shallows of Crab-pond, and picking. The stomachs of those I obtained, contained a mass of pulverulent matter, which, on being separated in water, seemed to consist largely, if not wholly, of insects. Some soft larvæ, apparently dipterous, and parts of rather large yellow ants, I recognised in one, and in another the remains of Notonectæ.
BARR-FLANKED GAMBET.[109]
Totanus melanoleucus?
| Scolopax vocifera, | Wils.—Aud. pl. 308. |
| Totanus melanoleucus, | Vieill. |
[109] Length 13¾ inches, expanse 24, flexure 7½, tail 3, rictus 2²⁄₁₀, tarsus 2⁸⁄₁₀, middle toe 1⁶⁄₁₀, hind toe ⁸⁄₁₀.
I know this species only by an individual brought to me at Spanish Town on the 21st of March. In the succeeding month, however, Mr. Hill informed me, that both this and the preceding species were particularly abundant; the numbers of these birds procured by the market sportsmen of Spanish-town and Kingston, being quite extraordinary.
The specimen I obtained does not exactly agree with the descriptions I have read, the breast and sides being marked with zigzags of black, which are large and conspicuous on the flanks. The gizzard, which was muscular, contained a greenish unctuous mass, which showed traces of scales, or else the plated covering of crustacea.