232 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



One found dead, floating in Eiddle's Bay, March 21, 1848, sent to 

 Eev. H. B. Tristram. A female, partly in ruddy jjlumage, killed with 

 a stick in Hamilton Harbor on the following day, and a third example 

 captured on the edge of Devonshire Swamp by Mr. Hurdis on the 8th 

 March, 1852. "It is remarkable that all the specimens were obtained 

 without the aid of a gun" (Hurdis). 



Family SCOLOPACID^. 



Sub-family Scolopacin^. 

 Genus Philohela, G. R. Gray. 



100. FJiiloliela minor, (Gm.) Gray. American Woodcock. 



Scolopax minor, Gm., Lath., Wils., Bp., Aud. 



Busticola minor, Vieil., Bp. 



Busticola (Microptera) minor, Nutt. 



Philohela minor, Gray, Bd., and of most late authors. 



Microptera americana, Aud., Gir. 



Length, about 11 ; wing, 5^ ; tail, 2J. 



Eah. — Eastern United States and British Provinces, north to Nova 

 Scotia and Canada, northwest to Fort Eice, Dakota -, west to Kansas 

 and Nebraska. (Coues.) 



" A single specimen was shot near Hamilton in October, 1842, and one 

 was supposed to have been seen at Hungry Bay a few years afterwards 

 by Mr. Fozard" (Nat. in B., p. 42). 



Genus Gallinago, Leach. 



101. Oallinago loilsonii, (Temm.) Bp. American or Wilson's Snipe. 



Scolopax gallinago, Wils. 



Scolopax wilsonii, Temm., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., Gir., Trippe, and 



of many earlier authors. 

 Gallinago wilsonii, Bp., Scl., Bd., Salv., and later authors. 

 Gallinago gallinaria var. wiUoni, Ridg. 

 Gallinago hrehmii, Bp. 

 Scolopax delicatula, Ord. 



Scolopax drnmmonilii, Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud. 

 Gallinago drummondii, Bp. 

 Scolopax doHglasii, Sw. & Rich., Nutt. 



Length, about 10 J ; wing, 5 ; tail, 2^. 



Hab.-^The whole of North America, southward to South America ; 

 Mexico; West Indies. (Coues) Bermuda. 



Usually makes its first appearance at the beginning of October, a 

 straggler or two remaining till January, and occurs also in March, 

 April, and May in limited numbers on its northward journey. It has 

 been seen as early as the 13th September (Hurdis). It seems rather a 



