GALLINAGO. 65 



Gallinago gigantea[(r«;«nj.). 

 (Plate III. fig. 8.) 



"Scolopax undulata ijia'antea, Seehohm, Geogr. DiMi: C'haradriidce, p. 493 



(1887). 

 Gallina^o o^igantea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 658 (1896) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 166. 



The eg:?s of the Brazilian Giant Snipe in the Collection re- 

 semble those of the Woodcock, but are ver\' much larger. They 

 •are of a regular oval form and possess a considerable amount 

 of gloss. The ground is pale creamy buff, and this is marked all 

 over with small spots of rusty brown, many of which are blurred 

 at the edges. The underlying markings are pale purple, and consist 

 not only of spots but also of rather large blotches. One example 

 measures 2'15 by 1'53. 



2. Buenos Ayres, .\rgrentine Republic Seebohm Coll. 

 (Z. Hardy du Dresmnt). 



Gallinago stricklandi {Gray). 



(Plate III. fig. 3.) 



Scolopax ineridionrtlis, Peak, U.S. Expl. Expcd. p. 220 (1848). 

 Scolopax stricklandi, Seehohm, Geogr. Dixtr. Charadriidce, p. 488 (1837). 

 GallinaLTO stricklandi, Jame^, Xew List Chilian Birds, p. 12 (1892) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 660 (1893) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, 



p. 310; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 166 (189;»). 



The eggs of Strickland's Snipe in the Collection are of a very 

 remarkable shape and colour, and were probably taken from the 

 same nest. They are long, extremely narrow, and bluntly pointed. 

 They have very little gloss. The ground is cream-coloured, and 

 this is very sparingly speckled and spotted with yellowish brown, 

 chocolate-brown, aud pale underlying purple. In one example, the 

 markings form a very irregular zone round the broad end; in the 

 ■other, they are evenly spread over the whole of the larger end. 

 The two specimens measure respectively: l-95byl'07; 1"93 by 

 1-15. 



1. Chile (H. Berkehnj James). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Central Chile {Landbcck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Gallinago pusilla, Bailer. 



■Gallinago pusilla, Trauers, Trans. Xew Zeal. Inst. v. p. 217 (1872); 



Buller, Birds Xew Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 33 (1888) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1893, 



p. 529, pi. xiv. figs. 1,2; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 663 



(1896); id. Hand-l. i. p. 166 (1899). 

 Scolopax aucklaniica, Seebohm, Geo(/r. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 472, part 



(1887). 



The eggs of the Chatham-Islands Snipe are of an ordinary oval 

 shape and have but little gloss. They are not to be mistaken for 

 the eggs of any other species of Snipe. The ground is of a rich 



