ORDER LIMICOL.E. 147 



FAMILY SCOLOPACLLX53. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



GENUS SCOLOFAX LINNAEUS. 

 Scolopax LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 145. Type, S. rusticola LINN. 



[227.] Scolopax rusticola LINN. 



European Woodcock. 



Scolopax rztsticola LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 146. 

 [B , C 413, R 524, C 606.] 



HAB. Northern parts of the Old World; occasional in Eastern 

 Northr America. 



GENUS FHILOHELA GRAY. 



Philohela GRAY, List Gen. B. 1841, 90. Type, Scolopax minor GM. 

 228. Philohela minor (GMEL.). 



American Woodcock. 



Scolopax minor GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 66r. 

 Philohela minor GRAY, List Gen. B. 1841, 90. 



[B 522, C 412, R 525, C 606.] 



HAB. Eastern Province of North America, north to the British 

 Provinces, west to Dakota, Kansas, etc. ; breeding throughout its 

 range. No extralimital records. 



GENUS GALLINAGO LEACH. 



Gallinago LEACH, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mam. & Birds, 1816, 31. Type, 

 Scolopax major LINN. 



[229.] Gallinago gallinago (LINN.). 



European Snipe. 



Scolopax gallinago LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 147. 

 Gallinago gallinago LIGHT. Nom. Mus. Berol. 1854, 93. 



[B , C , R 526, C 607.] 



HAB. Northern parts of the Old World ; frequent in Greenland, 

 accidental in the Bermudas. 



