BIRDS OF NORTH AXD MIDDLE AMERICA. 157 



occasional or casual (in summer) northward to Newfoundland (St. 

 George Bay), Labrador (Gaspe), Prince Edward and Anticosti 

 Islands, northern Ontario (near Kearney; Braceb ridge), Keewatin, 

 and Saskatchewan ; wintering from New Jersey (rarely Massachusetts), 

 the Oliio Valley, southern Missouri, etc., southward to southern 

 Florida, Gulf coast, and western Texas (Concho County); accidental 

 in Bermudas (1 specimen, Oct., 1842) and in Jamaica(?). 



[Scolopax] minor Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, G61 (New York; based on 

 Little Woodcock Latham, Synopsis Birds, iii, pt. 1, 1785, 131; Pennant, Arctic 

 Zool., ii, 463).— Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 714.— Turton, Syst. Nat., 

 i, 1806, 396.— Denny, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1847, 39 (Jamaica). 



Scolopax minor Wilson, Am. Orn., vi, 1812,40, pi. 48, fig. 2. — Bonaparte, Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y., ii, 1827, 331.— Audubon, Orn. Biog., iii, 1835, 474, pi. 268, 

 fig. 1.— Haymond, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, 1856, 296 (Franklin Co., 

 Indiana). — Schlegel, Mus. Pavs-Bas, iv, no. 27 (Scolopaces), 1864, 3. — 

 Castle, Am. Nat., ii, 1868, 663 (alighting in trees). — Fowler, Am. Nat.; 

 iv, 1870, 762 (Essex Co., Mass.; habits).— Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, 127 (crit.) 

 Geog. Distr. Charadriidfe, 1887, pp. xxviii, 504. 



S[colopax] minor Bonaparte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, 1825, 76 (crit.); 

 Obs. Norn. Wilson's Am. Orn., 1826, [158]. — Maximilian, Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1859, 93 (Pennsylvania; Missouri). — Newton (A and E.), Ilandb. Jamaica, 

 1881, 116. 



Ruslicola minor Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, d'llist. Nat., iii, 1816, 351; Gal. Ois., ii, 

 1825, 242. — Lesson, Traitod'Orn., 1831, 555.— Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. 

 List, 1838, 52; Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 579. — Peabody, Rep. Orn. Mass., 

 1839, 373.— Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 354.— Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ver- 

 mont, 1853, 106, fig.— March, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 68 (Jamaica). 



Rusticolar minor Wailes, Rep. Geol., etc.. Miss., 1854, 322. 



Microptcra minor Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., Water Birds, 1834, 194. 



Philohela minor Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1841, 90; List Birds Brit. Mus., Grallse, 

 1844, 112; Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, pi. 157, fig. 2.— Reichenbach, Gralla- 

 tores, 1850, pi. 68, fig. 554. — Woodhouse, in Sitgreavcs' Rep. Zuni and Col. 

 R., 1853; 101 (Indian Territory). — Kennicott, Trans. Ills. Agric. Assoc, 

 i, 1855, 587 (Illinois).— Kneeland, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vi, 1857, 238 

 (Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior). — Cassin, in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 709.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 522.— Barnard, 

 An. Rep. Smithson. Inst, for, 1860 (1861), 438 (Chester Co., Pennsylvania).— 

 BoARDMAN, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., ix, 1862, 128 (Bay of Fundy, breeding).— 

 Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst., iii, 1862, 152 (Oxford Co., Maine, breeding). — 

 Hayden, Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv., 1862, 174 (Loup River, Nebraska). — Allen, 

 Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 77 (Springfield, Mass.). — McIlwraith, Proc. 

 Essex Inst., v, 1866, 92 (Hamilton, Ontario). — Coues, Proc. Essex Inst., 

 V, 1868, 293 (New England); Check List, 1873, no. 412; 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 605; Birds Northwest, 1874, 472. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1867, 

 293 (vicinity New York City).— Allen, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1868, 

 541 (w. Iowa); Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ii, 1871, 355 (e. Florida).— Turn- 

 bull, Birds E. Penn. and N. J., 1869, 39(Plula. ed., 30).— Maynard, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., xiv, 1872, 283 (Lake Umbagog, Maine, breeding).— ScoTi', 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 227 (West Virginia); Auk, ^■i, 1889, 156 

 (Panasoffkee Lake, b. Florida, 1 spec, Jan.); ix, 1892, 12 (Jamaica), 212 

 (Caloosahatchie River, s. w. Florida, rare \\'inter resident). — Snow, Birds Kan- 

 sas, 1873, 10 (rare). — Merriam, Am. Nat., viii, 1874, 9 (Aiken, South Carolina); 



