558 Mr. N. A. Vicors on a new Species of Scolopax, 4c. 
iso has but twelve; but it never can be confounded with that 
bird, from the great disproportion between the essential charac- 
ters of both ; the bill alone of S. Sabin? exceeding that of the 
latter species by one third of its length. In the relative length 
and strength of the tarsi it equally differs from all. ‘These mem- 
bers, although stouter than those of S. gallinago, fall short of 
them by y of an inch: they are much weaker, on the other 
hand, than those of S. major, although they nearly equal them in 
length. In general appearance it bears a greater resemblance 
to S. rusticola than to the other European Scolopaces, but it may 
immediately be recognised as belonging to a different station in 
the genus ; the two exterior toes being united at the base for a 
short distance, as in the greater number of the congeneric spe- 
cies ; while those of S. rusticola are divided to the origin. 
The only specimen of this species with which I am acquainted, 
the description of which is accompanied by a very accurate 
drawing by Mr. Curtis, is the bird in my possession. It was 
shot in the Queen's County, in Ireland, by the Rev. Charles 
Doyne, of Portarlington, in that county, on the 21st of August 
1892; and was obligingly communicated to me the same 
day. I have named the species in honour of the Chairman of 
the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society, whose zeal and 
ability have thrown so much light upon the Ornithology of the 
British Islands *. 
* Since the above communication was read to the Society, I have been enabled to 
record a second instance of this bird having been met with in the British Islands. On 
the 26th of October 1824, a female of this species was shot on the banks of the Med- 
way, near Rochester, and is preserved in the valuable collection of Mr. Dunning of 
Maidstone. The specimen was kindly communicated to me by that gentleman, and 
was exhibited to the Zoological Club on the 23rd of November 1824. It accords in 
every particular with the specimen above described, with the exception of being some- 
what smaller. "This difference of size most probably indicates the difference of sex. - 
Ordo. 
