

70. GALLINAGO. 649 



and its allies. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 4*1, wing 6, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 1*7. 



Ad 'nit 'female. Similar to the male. Total length 11*5 inches, 

 culmen 3 - 7o, wing 57, tail 2, tarsus 1*4. 



Nestling. Patterned with velvety hlack and vinous rufous, the 

 feathers slightly tipped with silvery white ; the wings chestnut, 

 with a little black at the base ; forehead and sides of face chestnut, 

 with scattered spots of velvety black, one on the forehead, another 

 on the vertex, separated by chestnut mottling from the black on the 

 nape ; a narrow line of black across the lores, joining a streak of 

 black which traverses the fore part of the face and cheeks ; under 

 surface of body chestnut, with a black spot on the chin, another on 

 each side of the lower throat, and another spot on each side of the 

 breast, the abdomen inclining to isabelline, with a black mark on 

 the flanks. 



Hah. Colombia and Ecuador. 



a,b. $2 ad.sk. Retiro (7000 ft.). Antioquia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon), 



c, d. Ad. st. Bogota. J. Gould, Esq. 



e. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



/, g, h. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i-n. Ad. sk. Bogota. Seebohm Coll. 



o. Pull. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



q. Ad.sk. Maraviua, Ecuador (C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Buckley). 



9. Gallinago macrodactyla. 



Gallinago macrodactvla, Bp. Icon. Faun. Ital, Ucc. fasc. xxv. 

 (1832) ; id. C. P. xliii. p. 579 (1856) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 52, 

 no. 103:50, pt. (1871); Hurting, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 355 (Mada- 

 gascar) ; Pidgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. iv. p. 331 (1882). 



Gallinago elegans, Desjardin, Quatt: Rapp. Ann. 8oc. WS.ist.Nat. 

 Maurice (1884 : teste Milne-Edwards % Grandidier); Gray, Gen. 

 B. iii. p. 588 (1846). 



Gallinago mauritiana, Desjardin, Quatr. Rapp. Ann. Sue. d~Hist. 

 Nat. Maurice (1884 : te»te Milne-Edwards $ Grandidier). 



Scolopax elegans, Desjardin, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 204 (Mauritius). 



Scolopax mauritiana, Desjardin, t. c. p. 201 (Mauritius). 



Galhnula bemieri, Pucheran, Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 379 ; Hartl. Faun. 

 Madag. p. 78 (1861); Roeh ,V Newt. Ibi*. 1864, p. 172 (Foule 

 Point.' Nov.); Pol/en, Nederl. Tijd<chr. Dierk. i. p. 822(1868); 

 A. Newt. P. /.. S. 1805, p. 837 (Madatra.-oar) : Grandid. Per. et 

 Ma,/, de Zool. 1868, p. 4: Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 399 (Mada- 

 gascar); Gray, Hand-l. li. iii. p. 52, no. 103:34(1871); Hartl. 

 Joy. Madag.' p. 333 (1877) ; Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 772 

 (S.E. Betsileo) ; Sibree, Ibis, 1892, p. 115 (Madagascar). 



Gallinasro nigripemus (pt.), PinscA X Hartl. Vbg. Osta/r. p. 769 

 (1870). 



Gallinago nigripennis, var. bernieri. Milne-Edwards $[ Grandid. Hist. 

 Nat. Madag., Ois. p. Ik!7, pi. 260 (1882). 



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