SNIPE 43 5 



RED -BREASTED SNIPE. Macrorhamphihs griseus 

 (Gmelin). Length, 10 in. ; bill, 2-6 in. ; wing, 6 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1*5 in. 



Hah. Arctic America and Eastern Siberia; wintering 

 in Central and South America. Accidental in Europe. 



One, Devonshire, Oct. 1801 : Montagu, " Orn. Diet." In 



the British Museum. 

 One, Devonshire : Moore, " Catalogue of the Wading 



Birds of Devonshire," Mag. Nat. Hist, 1837, p. 320. 



In the collection of Mr. Drew, of Devonport ; Rowe, 



" Cat. Birds Devon," p. 234. 

 One, Rockcliff Salt-marsh, near Carlisle, Sept. 25, 1835 : 



Yarrell, " Hist. Brit. Birds," vol. iii. p. 47 ; Macpherson, 



"Fauna of Lakeland," p. 378. In the collection of 



T. C. Heysham, of Carlisle. 

 One, Yarmouth, autumn 1836 : Stevenson, " Birds of Nor- 

 folk," vol. ii. p. 348 ; ZooL, 1876, p. 5041. 

 One, Yarmouth, Oct. 1841 : Hoy, Ann. Nat. Hist, 1841, 



vol. vi. p. 236. In the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 

 Four near Newport, Isle of Wight, May 1842 : Bury, ZooL, 



1845, p. 931. Probably Godwits in summer plumage. 

 Two seen, one killed, Horsey, Norfolk, Oct. 9, 1845 : 



Gurney, ZooL, 1846, p. 1374; Stevenson, op. cit. 

 One, Point of Ayr, Isle of Man, autumn 1847 : Hadfield, 



ZooL, 1856, p. 5251. Shot by the recorder. 

 One, South Huish, Devon, winter of 1855 : ZooL, 1857, 



p. 5791. In the collection of Rev. G. S. Marsh, of 



Sutton Benger, Wilts. 

 One on the Thames, near Battersea: Harting, "Birds of 



Middlesex," p. 195. In the collection of Mr. Bond. 

 One, St. Mary's, Scilly, Oct. 1857 : Rodd, ZooL, 1857, p. 



5832; 1863, p. 8848; "Birds of Cornwall," p. 120. 



Figured in Blight's "Week at the Land's End," p. 171. 

 One, Kingsbridge, Devonshire, 1857 : Nicholls, ZooL, 1857, 



p. 5791 ; D'Urban and Mathew, " Birds of Devon." 



