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LIMICOL.E. 



Blakiston procured it at Hakodadi (SwinlioCj Ibis, 1875, p. 455). I 

 have a very fine scries collected by Mr. Snow at Yokohama, and 

 there arc eight skins in the Pryer collection also from Yokohama. It 

 has occurred at Nagasaki (Ulakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc, Japan, 

 1882, p. 112). 



Rectrices ot 1 rnuja acuminata. 



The Siberian form of the Pectoral Sandpiper is confined to East 

 Siberia and Alaska during the breeding-season, and differs very 

 slightly from the Western form, which breeds in the arctic regions of 

 America. 



345. RHYNCH^A CAPENSIS. 

 (PAINTED SNIPE.) 

 Scolopax capenxis, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 246 (1706). 



The Painted Snipe has a deeurved bill, which is not much longer 

 than the tarsus, but is considerably longer than the diftcreucc iu 

 length between the shortest and longest primary. 



Figures : Mihie-Kilwards and (irandidier, Hist. Madag. Ois., Atlas, 

 iii. pi. 2GI ; Shelley, Birds of Egypt, pi. 11. 



