scoLOPACiD^-:. 355 



Hah. Nortliern Europe and NortluM-ii Asia, Avinteriiig sourli- 

 ward ; occurring also in Greenland and tJie Bermudas. 



1761. Skeleton. 0. C. 121»2 f. Purchased. 



1762. Skeleton. 0. C. 1292. South Collection. 



1763. Sternum, with right and left coracoids and fureula. S. S. 



:»i»!>. Presented hy P. L. Sclufer, Esq., F.P.S. 



Gallinago megala. 



GalUnar/o megala, Swiiihoe, Ibis, ISGl, p. 340; David et Oust. 

 Ois. Chin. p. 477(1877). 



Swinhoe's Snipe. 



Hah. South-east Siheria, wintering in ( "hina. 



1764. Skeleton of male. From Shanghai. 0. G. 1292 P. 



Presented l>y Consul Smnhoe, F.P.S. 



Genus RHYNCH-ffiA. 



Cuvier, Regne Animal, i. p. 487 (1S17). 



Rhynchsea capensis. 



Scolopax capensis, Linnwus, Syst. Js'at, i. p. 246 (1760). 

 Eht/)icha;a capensis, Sharpc, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 679 (1884). 



The African Painted Snipe. 



Hal). Southern Asia. 

 1765. Skeleton. O.G 1292 a. Yarrell Collection. 



Rh3nichsea australis. 



lihj/ncJiara australis, Guuld, I'roc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 155 ; See- 

 bohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 459 (1888). 



The Australian Painted Snipe. 



Ifal>. Australia. 



1766. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle. S. S. 942. From 

 Glareuce River, N. S. Wales (P. P. Ramsay). 



Presented l>y P. L. Sclater, Esq.. F.R.S. 



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