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PRaECOCIAK GRALLATORES — LIMICOL^. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. 



a. Griseus. THE GRAY SNIPE; GRAY-BACK; DOWITCHER. 



Scolojmx (jrisca, (Jjii:l. 8. N. J. 17SS, 658 (based on the Broiai ^i'liipc of Pennant and Latham). 

 Macrorhamphus griseus, LEAfii, Vat. IJiit. Mus. 1816, .31. — Ca.ssin in 15aird'.s B. X. Am. 1858, 712. 



— Baiud, Cat. N. Am. 1".. 1851), no. 524. — Coues, Key, 1872, 253 ; Check List, 1873, no. 415; 



2d ed. 1882, no. 609 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 476. — RiBGW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 527. 

 Scolopnx novchoracaisis, Gmei,. S. N. L 1788, 658 (based on the Rcd-breastcd SnijK of Pennant and 



Latham). — Wii.s. Am. Orn. VIL 1813, 45, pi. 58, fig. 1. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. IL 1831, 



398. —AuD. Orn. Biuy. IV. 1838, 288, pi. 399; Synop. 1839, 249; B. Am. VL 1843, 10, 



pL 351. 

 Scolopax {Macrorhamphus) cjrisca, Bonap. Synop. 1828, 330. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 181. 

 Scolojjax PuykuUii, NiLSS. Orn. Suec. II. 106. 

 Tolanus fcrrugineicollis, Vihii.l. Ene. Meth. III. 1823, 1099 (based on the Rcd-hreastcd Snipe of 



Pennant and Latham). 



Hab. Atlantic coast of North America (breeding in the region about Hudson's Bay ?). 



Sp. Char. About thi' size of (Jallinarjo TFilsoni. Shaft of first primarj^ strong, pure white ; 

 axillars, tail-coverts, and lower part of rump white, barred, or transversely spotted, with slate- 

 color ; upper part of rump white, usually immaculate ; tail slate-colored or dusky, barred with 

 white (or, in summer adult, with pale cinnamon on middle feathers). Adult in summer : Head, 

 ueik. and more or less of lower parts, light cinnamon, the abdomen whitish, breast and sides 

 speckled with dusky, the head and neck streaked with the same ; upper parts mixed black, light 

 cinnamon, and white, the first prevailing. TFinter plumage: Belly and anal region white, usually 



M. griseus, summer 2Jlumage. 



unmarked ; rest of plumage nearly uniform ash-gray, somewhat mixed with white on breast and 

 sides ; a whitish superciliary stripe, and wing-coverts bordered with white. Young : Back, scapu- 

 lars, and tertials, varied with black and light clay-brown, the latter chiefly on edges of the feathers ; 

 lower parts dull whitish, soiled with dull baft" or clay-color, especially across breast, the jugulum 

 and sides usually indistinctly speckled with dusky. " Bill dark olive ; iris reddish hazel ; feet 

 light yellowish olive ; claws black" (Audubon). 



Wing, 5.25-5.90 (5.65) ; culmen, 2.00-2.55 (2.30) ; tarsus, 1.20-1.55 (1.35) ; middle toe, .90- 

 1.05 (.95). 



/). Scolopaceus. THE RED-BELLIED SNIPE; GREATER LONG-BEAK. 



Limosa scolopacca, Say, Long's Exped. II. 1823, 170. 



Macrorhamphus scolopacctis, Lawk. Ann. Lye. N. Y. Y. 1852, 4, pi. 1 (Long Island). — Cass, in 



Baivd's B. N. Am. 1858, 712. —Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 525. 

 Macrorhamphus griseus, var. scolopaceus, Cottes, Check List, 1873, no. 415«. 

 Scolopax longirostris, Bell, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Y. 1852, 3. 

 Macrorhamphus griseus (part), CouES, Key, 1872, 253 ; B. N. W. 1874, 476. 



