50 



SCOLOPACID^. 



285. Eed-nkoked Phalakope. Phalaropus liyperhoreus (Linnaeus). 

 Spring to autumn, a few nesting in some parts of N. Scotland. One 

 record from Ireland in winter. 



Bill short, about an inch long, thin, and tapering to a point ; inside of 

 upper mandible smooth, not laminated as in most Scolopacidio. 



Females larger than males, and brighter. 



In spring. Chin and throat white ; bright rufous patch on each side of 

 neck extending almost across the throat. 



In winter. Crown brown ; scapulars blackish, each feather edged with 

 brownish buff. Length 7 inches. 



286. Woodcock. 

 accession in winter. 



Scolopax rusticula, Linnaeus. Resident : large 



Eeathers on breast barred ; sixteen tail-feathers with silvery-white 

 tips on underside ; greyish tips above. Length 13 inches. 



287. Great or Solitaey Snipe. GalUnago major (J. P. Gmelin). 

 On passage in spriug and autumn, seldom later than September. 



Belly barred to the vent ; sixteen tail-feathers, lower half of the four 

 outside pairs white in adults, white with brown bar in young. Length 

 11 1 inches. 



288. Common Snipe. Gallinago coelestis (Frenzel). Resident. 



Axillaries white, barred with blackish grey; tail-feathers fourteen. 

 Length J.O^ inches. " Sabine's Snipe " is merely a dark variety. 



289. Jack Snipe, Gallinago galUnuIa (Linnaeus). Autumn to spring. 



Purple gloss on back ; axillaries white ; tail-feathers twelve, centre 

 pair longer than the rest. Length 7^ inches. Never known to breed 

 in British Islands. 



N. America, 

 wintering' in 

 Brazil and 

 Chili. 



290. Eed-bbeasted Snipe. Macrorhamphus griseus (J. F. Gmelin). 

 Very rare straggler, generally in autumn. 



Bill Snipe-lilce, about 2|, inches long ; front toes webbed at base, most 

 so between middle and outer toes ; shaft of first primary pure white. 



Rufous below in summer (when not seen in British Islands) ; white 

 in winter, when the general colour above is ash-grey ; lower back white ; 

 rump white, barred with black. Length 8^ inches. 



Scandinavia, 

 N. Russia, 

 wintering in 

 Egypt, S. Asia, 

 Philippines, 

 and Mada- 

 gascar. 



291. Broad-billed Sandpiper. Limicola platyrhym-ha (Temmiuck). 

 Rai'e visitor on migration ; not yet in Scotland. 



Billnuuch longer than head, nearly as broad as high at the base, very 

 flat and v)kle up to the tip, with blunt rounded points. Very little or 

 no white on secondaries and upper tail-coverts ; legs greenish black. 



Winter. Ashy grey above, each feather with a dark centre Length 

 G| inches. 



