126 BIRDS. 



Variegated, black, brown, gray, and russet; below warm 

 brown; eye high and far back; L. 11; W. 5;. B. 3; T. 

 1. E. U. S., in swamps, etc. 



2. SCOLOPAX, Linnaeus. EUROPEAN WOODCOCKS. 



1. S. rusiicola, L. EUROPEAN WOODCOCK. General 

 appearance of Philohela, but a third larger. European; 

 accidental on our Atlantic coast. 



3. GALLINAGO, Leach. SNIPE. 



1. G. w/'/soni, (Temm.) Bon. AMERICAN SNIPE. WIL- 

 SON'S SNIPE. Back varied with black and bay; crown 

 black, with a pale median stripe; bill straight, very long; 

 L. 11; W. 5; B. 2; leg naked, 3; T. 2f E. U. S., 

 abundant. 



4. UACRORHAMPHUS, Leach. RED -BREASTED SNIPE. 



1. M. griseus, (Gm.) Leach. GRAY SNIPE. BROWN- 

 BACK. Blackish and grayish ; breast bay in summer; 

 bill long nearly as in Gallinago; L. 11; W. 5^; T. 2. 

 North America; abundant coastwise. 



5. MICROPALAMA, Baird. STILT SANDPIPERS. 



1. M. himantopus, (Bon.) Baird. STILT SANDPIPER. 

 Blackish, marked with chestnut, etc.; ashy gray in win- 

 ter; bill nearly as in Gallinago; L. 9; W. 5; T. 2. N. 

 Am., not abundant. 



6. EREUNETES, Illiger. SAND -PEEPS. 



1. E. pusillus, (L.) Cass. SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. 

 PEEP. Plumage various, usually pale, white below ; 

 small; L. 6|; W. 3|; T. 2. N. Am.; abundant along 

 beaches. 



