117 

 Gen. LXIX. SCOLOPAX. Li 



II. Sub-gen. Gallinago. III. Sub-gen. Macrorrhamfhus. Leach. 



bin. 



223 sp. t ScoLOPAX GALLiNULA. Lin. The Jacksiiipe. 



Gallinago „ „ Bonap- 



Nest April, among coarse grass, in marshy places ; chiefly in north-eastern Europe. 

 E(;gs. 3-4, yellowish, blotched all over with dark brown. 



223 a 



223^ 



223 



224 sp. * ScoLOPAX GRisEA. Gmel. The brown Snipe. 

 Macrorrhamphm griseus. Leach. 



Nest. May, in swampy districts of North America. 



Eggs. ? an egg shown me as being of this species, was of a yellowish-olive, blotched over 



with brown; it ressembled in shape an egg of the S. rusticola, and was of the],size of 



an egg of the S. major. 



224 « 



224 5 



224 c 



