AYES, 397 



b) With first and second primaries subequal, longest of all. 



* With tibice covered ivith plumes as far as the heel. Posterior claw obtuse, 

 not produced beyond hallux. (Sub-genus Scolopax BoiE, Brehm, Gray.) 



Sp. Scolopax rusticula^ L., Buff. PI. enl. 858, Less. Ornith. PI. loi, fig. i, 

 Naum. Taf. Ill; the woodcock, la becasse; the largest species; the head is 

 grey in front, yellow-brown with transverse darker brown streaks behind ; 

 the feathers are also yellow, ruddy brown, black and grey, in a combination 

 that recalls the plumage of Caprimulgus or of Strix flammea. The wood- 

 cock is a nocturnal animal, and in the day-time hides in woods ; this species 

 is met with all over Europe, in the north of Asia and also in Japan. 



** With tibice denuded above the heel. Posterior claw slender, produced 

 beyond hallux. (Sub-genus GalUnago Leach, Geat, Telmatias Boie, 

 Beehm, AscalojMx Keyserling and Blas.) 



Sp. Scolopax gallinago L., Buff. PL enl. 883, Naum. Taf. 209 ; the common 

 snipe, la becassine; — Scolopax gallinula L., Buff. PI. enl. 884, Naum. Taf, 

 210; the JacJc-snipe, la sourde, la petite becassine; this species, like Scol. 

 rusticnla, has 12 tail-feathers, the common snipe 14. In an Indian species 

 much resembling Scol. gallinago, 24 to 26 are counted: Scol. stenura Kuhl, 

 Java and Sumatra. 



Limosa Briss., Leisl., Temm. [Actitis Illig, in part). Bill very 

 long, slender, straight or sub-recurved at the tip. Lateral groove 

 running as far as the tip. Nostrils basal, pervious. Feet with 

 tibiffi denuded for a large space below, with tarsi long, scu- 

 tellate anteriorly; outer and middle toe conjoined by membrane; 

 hallux resting on the tip. Wings moderate, with first quill longest 

 of all. Tail short, even. 



Sp. Limosa melanura Leisl., ' Scolopax limosa, L. and Scol. cegocephala L., 

 Buff. PI. enl. 874 (winter plumage), 916 {summer plumage). Less. Ornith. 

 PI. loi, fig. 2, Naum. Taf. 212, 213; the black-tailed gochvit, la barge, der 

 Sumpflaiifer, de marel ; the largest species ; tail black, at the base white ; 

 it lives in marshy districts and at the mouth of rivers in many parts of 

 Europe and Asia (also in Japan) ; lays four dark olive-coloured eggs with 



large brown spots, which are as much prized as those of the plover 



Limosa rufa Briss., Scolopax lapponica L., Briss. Ornith. v. PI. 25, fig. i, 

 Buff. PI. enl. 900, &c. 



Here belongs also a species with quite straight bill, which lives in North 

 America, and is occasionally found in England, and which is generally 

 referred to Scolopax, Limosa scolopacea Say, Scolopax grisea (and novebora- 

 censis) Lath., Gmel., Wilson Amer. Ornith. PI. 58, fig. i, (ed. Jardine, 

 Vol. II. p. 337), Gould Birds of Europ)e, PI. 323; 3Iacroramphus Leach, 

 Gray. 



'1 With LlNN^US properly rusticola, probably from a mistake of the pen. 



