664 CHAEADEIID^E. 



N. Zeal. Inst. v. p. 217 (1873 : Mangare) ; Sharpe, App. Voy. 



Erebus $ Terror, Birds,?. 30 (1875) ; Buller, B. Neia Zeal. 2nd ed. 



ii. p. 33, pi. xxviii. fig. 1 (1888) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 529, pi. xiv. 



figs. 1, 2 (eggs), pi. xv. fig. 1 (pull.) (Chatham Isl.) ; Buller, Trans. 



New Zeal. Inst, xxvii. p. 112 (1895). 

 Gallinago aucklandica (nee Gray), Buller, B. New Zeal. p. 196 



(1873). 

 Scolopax aucklandica (pt.), Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 130; id. Geogr. 



Distr. Charadr. p. 472 (1888). 



Adult male. Similar to G. aucklandica, but smaller, darker, with 

 coarser markings, especially as regards the spotting on the throat 

 and chest. The chief distinction seems to be in the whiter breast 

 and abdomen : " feet pale yellow ; iris pale yellow " ( W. Haivkins). 

 Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 1-8, wing 3-9, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 7'5 inches, 

 culmen 1-7, wing 3*8, tail 1-3, tarsus 0"85. 



Young. As in G. aucklandica, the young birds can be distin- 

 guished from the adults by the less distinct black mottling on the 

 upper surface and on the throat, and by the smaller size of the 

 dusky spots on the chest and sides of the body : " feet bluish grey " 

 {W. Hawkins). 



Nestling. Nearly uniform rufous brown, with a little dusky 

 mottling, and a dusky line along the centre of the crown ; the 

 throat rufous brown ; the rest of the under surface of the body 

 somewhat paler ; the sides of the face and region of the eye dull 

 silvery grey. 



This is the smallest of the Antipodean Snipes, and is distinguished 

 by its smaller bill and whiter belly. It apparently does not occur 

 anywhere but in the Chatham Islands. 



Hah. Chatham Islands. 



a, b, c. J ad. sk. S.E. Island, Chatham Isl., Forbes' Coll. 



[w. 3-85-3-95, May ( W. Hawkins). 



c. 1-65-1-75]. 



d. 3 juv. ; e, f, g. S.E. Island, Chatham Isl., Forbes' Coll. 



Pull. sk. May ( W. Hawkins). 



h, i- 6 2 h &- sk. S.E. Island, Chatham Isl., Seebohm Coll. 



[w. 3-8, c. 1-7-1-75]. May ( W. Haivkins). 



k. Ad. sk [w. 41, Chatham Islands (H.Travers). Seebohm Coll. 



c. 1-8]. 



19. Gallinago imperialis. 



Gallinago imperialis, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 419 (Bogota) ; 



iid. Exotic Orn. p. 193, pi. xcvii. (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. 



p. 54, no. 10351 (1871) ; Scl. $r Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 145 



(1873) ; Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 202 (1881). 

 Scolopax imperialis, Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 130 ; id. Geogr. Distr. 



Charadr. p. 491 (1888). 



Adult (type of species). General colour above dark chestnut, 

 streaked on the neck and banded on the back and wing-coverts 

 with black ; no light edgings to the scapulars, so that there are no 

 longitudinal streaks down the sides of the back ; the bands some- 



