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p. 311 (Bahamas) ; Ridgway, Man. N. Amer. B. p. 150 (1887) ; 

 Merrill, Auk, v. p. 144 (1888: Oregon); Ckapm. t. c. p. 270 

 (Gainsville, Florida); Bvermann, t. c. p. 348 (Indiana); Cory, 

 B. West Indies, p. 232 (1889) ; Bishop, Auk, vi. p. 146 (1889 : 

 Magdalen Isl.) ; Scott, t. c. p. 156 (Tarpon Springs, Florida) ; 

 Pindar, t. c. p. 312 (Kentucky); Warren, B. Pennsylvania, p. 80, 

 pi. ix. (1890) ; Palmer, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mvs. xiii. p. 260 (1890 : 

 St. John's) ; Thompson, t. c. p. 498 (Manitoba) ; Bay le- Clarke, 

 Auk, vii. p. 321 (1890 : Hudson's Bav) ; Cherrie, t. c. p. 332 

 (Costa Rica) ; Chapm. Bull. Amer. Mus. iii. pp. 132, 156 (1890: 

 British Columbia); Brewster fy Chapm. Auk, viii. p. 137 (1891: 

 Suwanee River) ; Allen, t. c. p. 165 (Bras d'Or Region); Mac far I. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 426 (1891 : Anderson River,, 

 breeding) ; Scotf, Auk, ix. p. 12 (1892 : Jamaica) ; Bator, t. c. 

 p. 42 (Gray's Harbour, Washington) ; Mackay, t. c. p. 199 (W. 

 Barnstable) ; Scott, t. c. p. 212 (Coloosahatchie Region, Florida) ; 

 Attwater, t. c. p. 232 (San Antonio, Texas) ; Cory, Cat. B. West 

 Indies, p. 92 (1892 : Lesser and Greater Antilles ; Bahamas) ; 

 Hatch, B. Minnesota, p. 120 (1892); Cherrie, Auk, ix. p. 329' 

 (1892 : San Jose, Costa Rica) ; Anthony, t. c. p. 360 (S.E. New 

 Mexico); Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. v. p. 33 (1893: Mexico) f 

 Dwight, Auk, x. p. 8 (1893 : Prince Edward Island) ; Allen, t. c. 

 p. 125 ; White, t. c. p. 223 (Mackinac Island) ; Richm. Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 526 (1893 : San Carlos, Nicaragua) ; Jouy, t. c. 

 p. 791 (Central Mexico) ; Richm. fy Knoivlton, Auk, xi. p. 301 

 (1894 : Fort Ellis, Montana) ; Thome, Auk, xii. p. 213 (1895 : 

 Fort Keogh, Montana) ; McKay, t. c. p. 310 (Massachusetts) ; 

 Wayne, t. c. p. 364 (Florida). 

 Scolopax gallinago wilsoni, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 486 

 (1888). 



Adult male. Similar to G. gallinago, and with the head striped 

 down the centre of the crown, but having sixteen tail-feathers ; 

 axillaries transversely barred with black and white ; breast barred 

 with dusky blackish : " bill brownish (greenish grey in life), paler 

 at the base and darker towards the end ; iris dark brown, light 

 greenish grey in life" (22. Ridgway). Total length 10 - 7 inches, 

 culmen 2*4, wing 5, tail 2*1, tarsus 1*2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 10'3 inches, 

 culmen 2-5, wing 5*2, tail 2-2, tarsus 1*2. 



On the differences between Wilson's Snipe and the Common 

 Snipe it will be well to quote the remarks of the late Mr. See- 

 bohm. After enumerating the characters of the species as given 

 above, he writes : — " So far as I know, the American birds are 

 always constant to their characters, but unfortunately for the 

 validity of the two species there is not one of these characters 

 (except perhaps the very short bill, which is not always character- 

 istic of the American form) which does not frequently occur in 

 examples from the Old World. Hume says that in India Fan- 

 tailed Snipes with sixteen tail-feathers are common enough. Snipes 

 with barred axillaries are, perhaps, the rule, rather than the 

 exception, even in England. Snipes with transversely barred 

 breasts are occasionally found in the Old World, and the number of 



