GALLINAGO. 



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Gallinago gallinago {Linn.). 



■Scolopax gallinago, T/u'en. Forf^/lanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ix. fig. 2, a-k (1845- 



54); Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 353, pi. xcviii. (1856); 



Seehohm, Brit. Birds, i'ii. p. 241, pi. 28 (1885) ; id. Geogr. Distr. 



Ckaradriidfe, p. 484 (1887) ; id. E(/gs of Brit. Birds, p. 153, pi. 40. 



figs. 10, 11, 12 (1890). 

 Teliuatias gallinago, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 53. tig. 3 (1855-63). 

 Gallinago scolopaciuus, Scully, Stray Feathers, iv. p. 186 (1876) ; 



Seehohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 156; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 821 (1880). 

 Oallinago ccelestis, Hume ^- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. p. 359 (1880) ; 



Dreiser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 641 (1880) ; Poynting, Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 115, pi. 25 (1895-6) ; Wilson, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 



xii. p. 640 (1899). 

 <3raninago gallinago, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 633 (1896) ; id. 



Rand-l. i. p. 165 (1899) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 455 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Snipe are, generally speaking, pyriform, 

 but some approach the regular oval form. They have a considerable 

 amount of gloss. They are very variable in colour, the ground 

 ranging from pale greyish green to a pale green, and from pale 

 stone-colour to a rather rich brownish buff. The markings consist 

 of spots and blotches of rich brown, pale brown, occasionally reddish 

 brown, and pale underlying grey or purple. These are mostly dis- 

 posed over the broader half and are often confluent, forming a very 

 irregular cap. The markings on the narrow half are generally small 

 and sparse. The eggs measure from 1-5 to 1-72 in length, and from 

 1-05 to 1-2 in breadth. 



3. Rathlin Island, Ireland, 25th May 

 {H. Saunders). 



3. RathUn Island, 25th May (H. S.). 



4. North Uist, Hebrides, 4th June 



(E. V. Seehohm). 



1. Faroe Islands. 



4. Faroe Islands, 27th May (H. C. 



Mailer: Hargitt Coll.). 

 ■2. Faroe Islands, 30th May [H. C. 



* M.: Hargitt Coll.). 

 4. Faroe Islands, June (//. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Fariie Islands {H. C, M.: Hargitt 



Coll.). 



4. Faroe Islands {H. C. M.: Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 4. Faroe Islands (H. C. M.: Hargitt 

 Co'L). 



3. Shetland Islands {It. Dunn). 



2. Orkney Islands (Ii. Dunn: Har- 



gitt Coll.). 



2. Cluiiv, Ross-shire, Mav {Hargitt 



Coll.). 



4. Clunv (Hargilt Coll.). 



3. Glen'Shifl, Ko>s-.-.liire, 11th Mny 



(Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Drummond, Inverness-shire, 9th 



March {Hargitt Coll.). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



H. C. Muller, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



