396 RUSTICOLA SYLVESTIUS. 



liarities, a separate genus has been assigned. It is named 

 Microptera Americana, and was by Linnaeus called Scolopax 

 minor. 



Young. — The young when fledged differ from the adult 

 only in having the tints deeper. 



Remarks. — The second quill is said by some authors to 

 be longer than the first. I find it very slightly shorter ; 

 and if these quills, which are considerably incurvate, be 

 straightened, the first becomes decidedly longer. 



