648 CHARADRimE. 



x. 8 ad. sk. Eio de Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. 



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y. Ad. sk. Uruguay. Alan Peel, Esq. [C.]. 



z. Ad. sk. Mendoza, Nov. (Burmeister). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



a', c? imm. sk. Sacaya, Tarapaca, April (A. A. Berkeley James Coll. 

 Lane) . 



Subsp. a. Gallinago andina. 



Scolopax frenata (nee Licht.), Tschudi, Faun. Peruan. pp. 52, 299 



(1845-46). 

 Gallinago frenata (nee Licht.), Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 156 



(Tungasuca, Peru, 11,000 to 14,000 ft.). 

 Scolopax andina, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 561 ( Junin, Peru) ; Scl. 8f 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, pp. 17, 19 (Tinta, Peru) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1880, 



p. 213 (Cutervo, Peru, 9000 ft., Dec, Jan. ) ; id. Orn. Perou, iii. 



p. 375 (1886). 

 Scolopax frenata andina, Seebohm, Lbis, 1886, p. 138 ; id. Geogr. 



Distr. Charadr. p. 497 (1888). 



Adult male. Similar to G. frenata, and having the first or outer 

 secondaries decidedly longer than the primary-coverts, but the size 

 much smaller and the axillaries whiter, the blackish cross-bars 

 being very narrow : " bill dull yellow for the basal half, and 

 blackish brown at the tip ; feet (in skin) of a dull flesh-colour ; iris 

 dark brown " (Jelsli). Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 2*1, 

 wing 4-6, tail 1*8, tarsus 1. 



. Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 8-3 inches, 

 culmen 1*95, wing 4-5, tail 1*7, tarsus 1. 



Hah. Peru. 



a. b. S 2 a< i. sk. Lake Junin, Central Peru Seebohm Coll. 



(Stolzmann). 

 c. 9 ad. sk. Tungasuca, Peru, May 28 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. Whitely). 



8. Gallinago nobilis. 



Gallinago nobilis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 31 (Bogota) ; Bp. C. R. 



xliii. p. 579; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Scolopaces, p. 9 (1864: 



Bogota) ; Scl. 8f Salv. Exotic Orn. p. 196, pi. xcviii. (1869) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. iii. p. 53, no. 10337 (1871) ; Scl. fy Salv. Nomencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 144 (1873); Pelz. Lbis, 1875, p. 332; Scl. 8? Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 547 (Retiro, U.S. Colombia) ; Berlepsch S,- Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1884, p. 313 ("Western Ecuador) ; Heine fy Reichen. 



Nomencl. Mus. Hem. p. 331 (1890 : Bogota). 

 Gallinago granadensis, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 579 (1856). 

 Scolopax nobilis, Seebohm, Lbis, 1886, p. 133; id. Geogr. Distr : 



Charadr. p. 498 (1888). 



Adult male. Of the same group as G. delicata, but differing in its 

 enormous bill, which is more than 3 inches in length ; the fore- 

 neck and chest are likewise much more thickly mottled with black ; 

 the feet and toes are much larger and heavier than in G. delicata 



