BIRDS OF NOETII AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 159 



Colo. Stud. Zool., vi, 1909, 227 (Boulder Co., Colorado, rare summer res.). — 

 ScLATER, Revised List Birds Jam., 1910, 22 (Jamaica, winter visitant). — 

 IsELY, Auk, xxix, 1912, 42 (Sedgwick Co., Kansas). — Howe, Auk, xxx. 

 1913, 115 (St. Georges Bay, Newfoundland). — Baynard, Auk, xxx, 1913, 

 243 (Alachua Co., Florida, resident, breeding).' — Mousley, Auk, xxxiii. 

 1916, G3 (ITatley. Quebec, rare in May). 



[Fhilohela] minor Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 54, no. 10355.— Coues, Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 1872, 252.— Siiarpe, Uand-list, i, 1899, 1G7.— Forbes and Rob- 

 inson, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 75. 



P[hilohcla] minor Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, 1874, 383 (Illinois); Man. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1887, 150.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 619. 



Microptcra americana Audubon, Synopsis Birds N. Am., 1839, 250 (new name for 

 Scolopax minor Gmelin); Birds Am.. 8vo ed., vi, 1843, 15, pi. 352. — Giraud, 

 Birds Long Is., 1844, 266.— Pr.AlTTen, Trans. Ills. Agric. Soc, i, 1855, 608 

 (Illinois).— Willis, An. Rep. Smithson. Inst, for 1858 (1859), 285 (Nova 

 Scotia, common). — Bland, An. Rep. Smithson. Inst, for 1858 (1859), 288 

 (Bermudas). 



M[icroptera] americana Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., i, 1856, 218 (Essex Co., Mass.). 



liusticola americana J.\rdine, Contr. Orn., 1849, 84 (Bermudas, rare in autumn). — 

 HuRDis, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1850, 10 (Bermudas, 1 spec, Oct.). — Mar- 

 tens, Journ. fiir Orn., 1859, 218 (Bermudas). 



Philohela americana Coves, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xii, 1868, 122 (South Carolina). 



Genus GALLINAGO Koeh.a 



Gallinagob Koch, Syst. baier. Zool., 1816, 312. (Type, by tautonymy, G. media 



Koch=Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus.) 

 Telmatiasc Bote, Isis, 1826, 980. (Type, Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus.) 

 Pelori/chus Kaup, Natlirl. Syst., 1829, 119. (Type, Scolopax brehmii Kaup.) 

 Pelorhynchus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 616 (emendation). 

 Enalius Kaup, Natiirl. Syst., 1829, 121. (Type, Scolopax sabini Vigors.) 

 Od^irad Meyes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858, 201. (Type as designated by 



Mathews, 1913, Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus.) 



" The following generic names may, some of them at least, not be synonyms of Gal- 

 linago as properly restricted; but the determination of this question would involvei 

 a careful study of the many species of snipe from all parts of the earth, which is, 

 manifestly, impracticable in connection with the present work. 



Nemoricola Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, \d,. 1837, 491. (Type, by tau- 

 tonymy, Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson.) 

 IJomoplilura Gr.\.y, List. Gen. Bh'ds, 1840, 70. (Type, Scolopax undulaia 



Boddaert.) 

 A'yZocoto Bonaparte, Icon. Fauna Ital., i, 1839 (fasc. 25), text to pi. [43]. (Type, 

 by original designation, Scolopax paludosa Gmelin =5coZopcu; undulata Bod- 

 daert.) {z,v\ov, wood; KOTM. to be angry at, to bear a grudge.) (Richmond.)] 

 Spilura Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 579. (Type, as designated by 

 Bonaparte, id. p. 1023. Scolopax horsfieldi Gray ^= Scolopax stenura Bona- 

 parte.) {(nrl\o%, spot; oiipd, tail.) 

 Ditelmatias Mathews, Birds Australia, iii, pt. 3, Aug. 18, 19, 13, 282. (Type, 

 by original designation, Gallinago hardwicki Gray.) (Ais, double+ Tclmatias.) 

 Chubbia Mathews, Birds Australia, iii, pt. 3, Aug. 18, 1913, 291, in text. (Type, 

 by original designation, Gallinago strichlandi Gray.) 

 '' From Gallina, a hen. (Mathews.) 

 c TeXfxa, a pool, swamp+ias. (Mathews.) 

 <^ udr], a song; ovpd, tail. (Mathews.) 



