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the head close to the ear-opening, and this character distinguishes Gallinago from the 
Sandpipers and other members of the subfamily Scolopacine. Only one species, 
G. delicata, occurs in Central America, and this is easily recognized by its mottled 
plumage and by the length of the inner secondaries, which are almost equal to the 
primaries. 
The genus is cosmopolitan, the northern species being migratory, while the southern 
are mostly resident. 
“1. Gallinago delicata. 
Scolopax delicata, Ord, ed. Wilson’s Amer. Orn. vi. p. 18, t. 147. fig. 1 , 
Gallinago delicata, Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 178°; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa 
Rica, 1887, p. 129°; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 186°, 828 >. Cherrie, Auk, 1890, p. 332° ; 
1892, p. 829"; Richm. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 526°; Jouy, t.c. p. 791°; Allen, Bull. 
Amer. Mus. N. H. v. p. 33°; A.O.U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 85”; Elhiot, 
N. Amer. Shore-Birds, p. 50; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 642°; Oates, Cat. 
Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 62, t. 3. fig. 1™. 
Scolopax trachydactyla, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 521”. 
Gallinago wilsoni, Bp. Comp. List Birds Eur. & N. Amer. p. 52"; Scl. P. Z.S. 1856, p. 310"; 
1859, p. 369%; 1864, p. 178"; Moore, P. Z.8. 1859, p. 64°; Sel. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, 
p. 228"; P.Z.S. 1864, p. 8725; 1867, p. 280 *. Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. pp. 301, 
141; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 308%; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 314°"; Salv. Ibis, 1866, 
p- 205*; P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 219 *? . Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 607 °°; Dugés, La Nat. i. p. 142”; 
Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 233”; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 188”; 
Heine & Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 331 ™. 
Scolopax wilsonii, v. Frantzius, J. f£. Orn. 1869, p. 377 -_ 
Scolopax gallinago wilsoni, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 486 °°. 
Gallinago sp., Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 228%. 
Typice scolopacina: supra nigra, rufo variegata, plumis plerisque rufo vel albido marginatis ; corpore subtus 
albo, hypochondriis nigro transfasciatis; gutture imo et prepectore rufescentibus, nigro variegatis ; 
rectricibus 16; axillaribus albis nigro transfasciatis: rostro virescenti-cinereo vel brunnescente ; iride 
brunnea. Long. tota circa 11:0, ale 5:3, caude 2-1, culm. 2-4, tarsi 1:25. (Descr. maris adulti ex 
Duenas. Mus. Brit.) 
Hab. Norvu America, breeding from the Northern United States northward !!.— 
Mexico (Wagler, Sumichrast **), Sonora, Pachico, Chuhuichupa, San Diego 
(Robinette), Mazatlan (Grayson”*), Colima (Xantus?°), Hacienda Angostura, 
San Luis Potosi (Jowy®), Guanajuato and Guadalajara (Dugés*'), Valley of 
Mexico (Herrera 4°), city of Mexico (White), Laguna del Rosario, Tlaxcala 
(Ferrari-Perez *), Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz (Trujillo 13), Jalapa (De Oca 1318), 
Teapa (Mrs. H. H. Smith’); British Honpuras, Cayo, western district (Blanc- 
aneauc 18); GuatemaLa (Constancia*°), city of Guatemala (0. 8.37), Dueiias, 
Coban, Choctum, Tactic, San Gerénimo (0. 8S. & F. D. G. 13 37), Atitlan (Rechard- 
son 18); Honpuras, Comayagua (Zaylor 7), Omoa (Leyland *° *"); Nicaracua, San 
