354 GALLO-GRALL.E. 



Genus GALLINAGO. 

 Leach, S^st. Cat. Mamm. & Birds Brit. Mus. p. 31 (181G). 



Gallinago gallinula. 



Scolopacc gallinula, Linua3us, Syst. Nat. i. p. 244 (176G) ; Seebohm, 

 Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 247(1885). 



The Jack Snipe. 



Hah. Europe and Northern Asia, wintering to the sonth. 



1756. Skull of male. Germany. Pwchased. 



1757. Skull. 0. C. 1292 e. Purchased. 



Gallinago australis. 



ScoJopax australis, Latham, Ind. Orn., Suppl. p. Ixiv (1801), 

 Gallmago australis, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 271 (1865). 



The New-Holland Snipe. 



Hah. Australia. 



1758. Skull. 0. C. 1292. From Tasmania. Gcndd Collection. 



1759. Sternum of female. From Clarence River, N. S. Wales. 



0. C. 1292 M. Presented hy Dr. E. P. Ramsaij. 



Gallinago delicata *. 



Scolopax delicata, Ord ; Wils. Am. Orn. ix. p. ccxviii (1825). 

 Gallinago delicata (Ord), Cory, Birds West Indies, p. 232 (1889). 



Wilson's Snipe. 



Hah. North America, wintering in the West Indies and 

 Northern South America. 



1760. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. From Jamaica. 0. C. 



1292 0. Gosse Coll. 



Gallinago gallinago. 



Scolopax (jallinago, Linnaeus, 8yst. Nat. i. p. 244 (176(3) ; See- 

 bohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 241 (] 885). 



The Common Snipe. 



* Cf. Shufeldt, .loinn. Auat. cS: Phys., Oct. 1884 (description and figure 

 .,fslniil). 



