144 RARE VISITANTS. 
RED-BREASTED SNIPE. Macrorhamphus griseus(Gmel. ). 
Hab. North America. 
One, Devonshire, Oct. 1801: Montagu, Orn. Dict. 
One, Devonshire: Moore, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 320%. 
One near Carlisle, 25th Sept. 1835: Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, 
vol. iii. p. 47. In the collection of the late Mr. Heysham. 
One, Yarmouth, autumn 1836: Stevenson, Birds of Norfolk, 
vol, ii. p. 348. In the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 
One, Yarmouth, Oct. 1841: Hoy, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1841, 
vol. vi. p. 236. In the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 
Four near Newport, Isle of Wight, 1842: Bury, Zoologist, 
1845, p. 931 (doubtful). 
Two seen, one killed, Horsey, Norfolk, 9th Oct. 1845: 
Gurney, Zoologist, 1846, p. 1874; Stevenson, op. cit. 
One, Point of Ayr, Isle of Man, 1847: Hadfield, Zoologist, 
1856, p. 5251. 
One on the Thames, near Battersea: Harting, Birds of 
Middlesex, p. 195. In the collection of Mr. Bond. 
One, Scilly, Oct. 1857: Rodd, Zoologist, 1857, p. 5882 ; 
1863, p. 8848. 
One, Kingsbridge, Devonshire, 1857: Nicholls, Zoologist, 
18570. 791 
One, Sands near Banff, 25th Sept. 1858: Edward, Zoologist, 
1858, p. 6269. 
One on the Brent, Stone Bridge, Middlesex, Oct. 1862: 
Harting, Birds of Middlesex, p. 195. In the author’s col- 
lection. 
that account, to be G. wilson? ; but in no other respect does it differ 
from our Common Snipe, and I am satisfied therefore that it is only 
a variety of that species. At p. 51, anted, I have called attention to 
the fact that a specimen of G. major, examined by Mr. Rodd, had 
eighteen feathers in the tail instead of sixteen. 
* A Catalogue of the Wading Birds of Devonshire. 
