GALLINAGO WILSONI, AMERICAN SNIPE. 475 



and brake as those who are not entirely iamiliar with it may suppose. 

 It frequently visits corn-fields and other cultivated tracts in the vicinity 

 of swampy grounds, and often betakes itself to the woods, where it 

 rustles among' the dry leaves, turning them over to search for food. It 

 is erratic, or rather capricious, in its resorts as well as in its general 

 movements north and south. A few linger, unless the season be very 

 severe, in the Middle districts all winter, but they are generally off for the 

 South with the freezing of the ground. A cold snap will suddenly drive 

 them away altogether from i)laces where, a few hours before, they had 

 been found in numbers. The general and regular movement occurs 

 chietly in March and October. Some reside in the South, but the greater 

 number pass north, to return again in the fall. None appear to winter, 

 except casually, beyond our Middle districts. 



GALLINAGu WILSONI, (Temm.) Bp. 



American Snipe; Wilson's Snipe. 



Scolopax galVinafjo, Wir.s., Am. Orn. vi, 181'2, Id, pi. 47, fig. 1. 



Scolopax wihoni, Temm., PI. Color, v, Uvr. IxviiL (iu text).— Bp,, Syii. 1828, 330.— Sw. & 

 Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 401.— Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 185.— Aud., Oiu. Biog. iii, 

 1885, 322; v, 1839, 583; pi. 243; Syn. 1839, 248; B. Am. v, 1842, 339; pl. 350.— 

 GiK., B. L. I. 1844, 261.— Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 119 (Minnesota) ; and 

 of many earlier authors. 



GaUbiago icilsoih, Bp., Comp. List, 1838, 52.— ScL., P. Z. S. 1856, 310 (Cordova).— Bd., 

 * B. N. A. 1858. 710.— Salv., Ibis, 1859 (HontTimvs).- Newt., ihid. 258 (Santa 

 Cruz).— Tayi.ou, ibid. 18G0, 314.— Dress., iiid. 18o(5, 36.— Caij. J. f. O. iv, 350 

 (Cuba).- BPvYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. vii, 1859 (Bahamas).- Coop. & Suck., N. H. 

 Wash. Ter. 1860, 237.— Hayd., Rep. 1882, 174 (Loup Fork and Black Hills).— 

 ScL., P. Z.S. 1861, 80 (Jamaica) ; 1864, 178 (Mexico) ; 1837, 280 (Mosipiito Coast).— 

 Sai/v'., ibid. 1870, 219 (Verasjua).— Boakdm., Pr. Bost. Soc. ix, 18o2, 128 (Maine, 

 breeds).— CouES, Pr. Phila.^Acad. 1866, 97 (Arizona).— Dall cNc Banx., Tr. Chic. 

 Acad, i, 1869, 291 (Alaska).— Allkx, Mem. Bost. Soc. i, 1868, 501 (Iowa) ; Bull. 

 M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 181 (Utah).— Lawk., Ann. Lye. is, 141 (Costa Rica).— SuxD., 

 Ofv. KowiT. Vet. Ak. 587 (St. Bartholomew),— Tisippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1872, 

 240 (Iowa).— AiKEX, ibid. 209 (Colorado, wintering).— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. 

 Ter. 1870, 466 (Wyoming).— Meuh., ibid.lS7-2, 700 (Montana).- Sxow, B. Kaus. 

 1873, 10.— CocES, Key,l872. 262, lig. 163 ; and of authors. 



GalUvaf/o (jaUiuaria var. wihotti, Riixiw., Ann. Lye. N. Y. x, 1874, 383. 



Gallinaiio brehmii, Bp., Obs. Nomen. Wils. 1825, No. 204. (Not of Juiiq).) 



ticolopax deiicatula, Oitn, ed. Wils. ix, 1825, 218, 



ScoloiHtx drummoiidii, Sw, & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 400.— Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 190.— 

 Aui)., Orn. Biog. v, 1639, 319; Syn, 1839, 249; B, Am, vi, 1843, 9. 



Gallinago dntmmoiid'i, Bp., List, 1838, 52, 



Scolopax dotu/hmi, Sw. & Rich., F, B. A, ii, 1831, 400.— Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 191. 



(?) Scolopux kticurun, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1^31, .501.— Ni'tt., Man. ii, 1834, 617, 



(?) Gallinago leucurus, Gray', Genera of Birds, pl, 157, 



Hab.—Tho wliole of North America, and southward to South America. Mexico. 

 West Indies. (?) Accidental in England (Hart., Br. Birds, 1872, 143). Breeds from 

 Northern New England northward. 



Livniinunt Warrcn'n J'Jxpiditioii.— 4874, Month of Bighorn River; 9041-42, Black Hills, 



Later Expcdilio)i8.—(}lH):i, Fort Sanders, Wyoming; 62370, Fort Ellis, Montana; 

 61157, Wyoming. 



Not obtained by Captain Raynolds' Expedition, 



The name of "English" Snipe, of common but erroneons application 

 to Ihis bird, i.s wholly a nii.snomer, the bir<l being entirely ditVcrent from 

 that of England, as any one may perceive on com[)ariug the two. It is 

 another of the deplorai)le instances in which paucity of language has 

 caused Anu'ri(;an bird.s to be called by the name of tlieir neare.st Euro- 

 pean relative, real or .supposed — a eircumstanee tending to prouudgate 

 error and confusion. We shonhl do our best to suppress such wrong 

 names in every instance, even without such an example as the well-nigh 



