650 CHARADRIID^. 



Scolopax nobilis macrodactyla, Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 133 ; id, 

 Geoyr. Distr. Charadr. p. 499 (1888). 



Adult. Of the same group of Snipes as G. gallinago, G. delicata, &c, 

 but with the bill more than 3 inches in length. In this character 

 it approaches G. nobilis, but it is not so heavy a bird, and can be- 

 distinguished by the slightly longer toes, and by having the white 

 bars on the axillaries broader than the black ones : " bill blackish ; 

 feet dark grey; iris black" (A. Grandidier). Total length 

 13 inches, culmen 3-7, wing 5-5, tail 2-3, tarsus 1*6. 



Hah. Madagascar and Mauritius. 



a. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Old Coll. 



b, c. Ad. ; d. Pull. Madagascar. Seebohm Coll. 

 sk. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Nossi Vola, Madagascar, Nov. 12 Seebohm ColL 



( Crossley). 



f. Ad. sk. Fantoferona, West of Antananarivo, Seebohm ColL 



Madagascar, July ( W. Deans 

 Coicari). 



10. Gallinago paragnayae. 



Becasina prima, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 271, no. 387 (1805). 



Scolopax paraguaia?, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iii. p. 356 (1816) ; 

 id. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1160 (1823) ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 118 

 (Chili) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 24 (1847) ; Yarrell, P. Z. S. 1847, 

 p. 54 (Chili). 



Scolopax magellnnicus, King, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 93 (1833). 



Scolopax (Telmatias) paraguaise, Gould in Darwin's Toy. ' Beagle,' 

 Birds, p. 131 (1841: Valparaiso; Maldonado ; Eio Plata). 



Scolopax (Telmatias) magellanicus, Gmdd in Darwin's Voy.' Beagle,' 

 Birds, p. 131 (1841: Maldonado; E. Falkland.*). 



Gallinago magellanicus, Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. Ill (1844) ; 

 id. Gen. B. iii. p. 583 (1846) ; Gay, Faun. ChiL, Zool, i. p. 427 

 (1847) ; Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 579 (1856) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 387 

 (Falkland Is.) ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 156 (Falkland Is.). 



Gallinago paraguaiae, Gray, List Grail. Brit, Mus. p. Ill (1844) ; 

 id. Gen. B. iii. p. 583 (1846) ; Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 579 (1856) ; Schl. 

 Mus. Pai/s-Bas, Scolopaces, p. 11 (1864: Chili & Falkland Is.); 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 332, 339 (Chili) ; id, $ Salvin, P. Z. S. 1868, 

 p. 144 (Conchitas) ; iid. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandy Point, Straits of 

 Magellan) ; iid. Exotic Orn. p. 196 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. 

 p. 53, no. 10336 (1871) ; Scl. $■ Salv. Nomencl, Av. Neotr. p. 144 

 (1873) ; Durnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 198 (Buenos Avres) ; Scl. # Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 438 (Puerto Bueno ; Falkland Is.) ; iid. Rep. Voy. 

 ' Challenger,' Zool. ii. Birds, p. 109 (1880) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 15 (Cockle Cove, Straits of Magellan) ; Barrows, Auk, i. p. 3l4 

 (1884 : Lower Uruguay) ; Gibson, Lbis, 1885, p. 282 (Paysandu, 

 Uruguay) ; Withington, Ibis, 1888, p. 472 (Loruas de Zamora) ; 

 Scl. $ Suds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 181 (1889) ; Heine Sf Reichen. 

 Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 331 (1890: Chili); Lucas, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 130 (1890: Laredo Bay, Straits of Magellan); 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 137, pt. (Tarapaca) ; Oust. Miss. Set. Cap- 

 Horn, Ois. p. 124 (1891) ; Holland, Ibis, 1891, p. 16 (Argentine 

 Kepublic) ; Graham Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 150 (Lower Pilcomayo) ; 



