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349. SCOLOPAX GALLINULA. 

 (JACK SNIPE.) 



Scolopax (jaUimtla, Linnous, Syst. Nat. i. p. 244 (1766). 



The Jack Snipe is the smallest of all the Japanese Snipes (wing 

 from carpal joint 4 to 4-3 inches). It has a purple gloss on its 

 luantlcj and nietallic green on the inside webs of its scapulars. 



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Scolopax galUnula. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 544. 



The Jack Snipe passes the Japanese coasts on its spring and autumn 

 migrations. It has been procured at Ilakodadi on the 3rd of October 

 (Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 20G) ; and there are five examples in the 

 Prycr collection from Yokohama. I have also three examples ob- 

 tained by Mr. Owston in Yokohama, one of them in November. 



The Jack Snipe is a regular winter visitor to the J3ritish Islands, 

 and doul)tless breeds across the Arctic l{<'gions of the Old ^V()rld, 

 though it has not been recorded in Siberia east of the Taimur 

 Peninsul.i. 



