BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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two lateral branches, the first from upper part of the eye, the second 

 from the lower part across side of neck, where continued, more or 

 less interruptedly, across the chest; a dark chestnut (nearly black) 

 loral streak (from bill to eye); the other markings, blotch-like, 

 covering back, part of wings, and anal region. 



Adult male.— Wing, 182-200 (187.1); tail, 82-100 (87); exposed 

 culmen, 70-77 (74.3); tarsus, 34.5-37.5 (36.1); middle toe, 34-39 

 (35.9).« 



Adult female. —Wing, 179-193 (187.7); tail, 79-91 (86.6); exposed 

 culmen, 70-79 (74.9); tarsus, 33.5-38.5 (36.5); middle toe, 35-39 

 (36.9).^ 



Europe and Asia, breeding in northern portions, but also in British 

 Islands, Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands, and in Himalaya 

 Mountains at 10,000 feet altitude; wintering in British Islands, 

 southern Europe, northern Africa, China, Japan, India, Ceylon, etc.; 

 occasional in eastern North America (Newfoundland; Chambly, 

 Quebec, Nov. 11, 1882; Chester and Northampton Counties, Pennsyl- 

 vania; Shrewsbury, New Jersey; Loudoun County, Virginia). 



[Scolopax] rusticola Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 146 (Sweden); ed. 12, 

 i, 1766, 243.— Brunnich, Om. Bor., 1764, 49.— Scopoli, Bemerk. ed. 

 Giinther, 1770, 108.— Schaeffer, Mus. Orn., 1789, 53.— Gmelin, Syst. 

 Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 660.— Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 713.— Turton, 

 Syst. Nat., i, 1806, 396.— Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 54, no. 10352.— Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 252. 



Scolopax [rusHcoIa] Schaeffer, Elem. Orn., 1774, pi. 61. 



Scolopax nistirolaBoDT>AKiiT, Tabl. PI. En]., 1783, 53 (PI. Enl., 885).— Bechsteix, 

 Orn. Taschenb., ii, 1803, 279.— Temminck, Cat. Syst., 1807, 170; Man. 

 d'Orn., 1815, 436; 2nd ed., ii, 1820, 673; iv, 1840, 429.— Meyer and Wolf, 

 Orn. Taschenb., ii, 1810, 361.— Koch, Syst. baier. Zool., 1816, 311.— Pallas, 

 Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat., ii, 1826, 171.— Werner, Atlas, Grallatores, 1827, pl.28.— 

 Fleming, Brit. Anim., 1828, 105.— Lesson, Man. d'Orn., ii, 1828, 269.— 

 Roux, Orn. Prov., 1830, pi. 299.— M.\ckenzie, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1832, 123 (Scotland).— Brehm, Handb. Haus Stubenvog., 1832, 353.— 

 Menetries, Cat. Rais. Cane, 1832, 51 (Lenkoran). — Jenyns, Man. Brit. 

 Vertebr., 1835, 204.— Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836, 7 (Nepal).— 



« Seven specimens. 



b Six specimens. 



Localitj'. 



MALES. 



Two adult males from Enropo 



Five adult males from eastern Asia . 



FEMALES 



Three adult females from Europe. . . 

 Three adult females from Japan 



Middle 

 toe. 



35 

 35.9 



35. 7 

 36.9 



