126 BIRDS. 



Variegated, black, brown, gray, and russet; below warm 

 brown; eye high and far back; L. 11; W. 5; B. 3; T. 

 I5. E. U. S., in swamjDS, etc. 



2. SCOLOPAX, hmnxus. European Woodcocks. 



1. S. nusticola, L. European Woodcock. General 

 appearance of Philohela^ but a third larger. European; 

 accidental on our Atlantic coast. 



3. GALLINAGO, Leach. Snipe. 



1. G. wilsoni, (Temm.) Bon. American Snipe. Wil- 

 son's Snipe. Back varied with black and bay; crown 

 black, with a pale median stripe; bill straight, very -long; 

 L. 11; W. 5; B. 2i; leg naked, 3; T. 2^. E. U. S., 

 abundant. 



4. MACRORHAMPHUS, Leach. Red -Breasted Snipe. 



1. M, griseus, (Gm.) Leach. Gray Snipe. Brown- 

 Back. Blackish and grayish ; breast bay in summer; 

 bill long nearly as in Gallinago; L. 11; W. 5^; T. 2J. 

 North America; ..bundant coastwise. 



5. MICROPALAMA, Baird. Stilt Sandpipers. 



1. M. himantopus, (Bon.) Baird. Stilt Sandpiper. 

 Blackish, marked with chestnut, etc.; ashy gray in win- 

 ter; bill nearly as in Gallinago; L. 9; W. 5; T. 2^. N. 

 Am., not abundant. 



6. EREUNETES, m\gev. Sand -Peeps. 



1. E. pusillus, (L.) Cass. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 

 Peep. Plumage various, usually pale, white below; 

 small; L. G|^; W. 3f; T. 2. N. Am.; abundant along 

 beaches. 



