THE AUCKLAND ISLAND SNIPE 



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Genus GalUnago. 



Bill long. First and second quills equal, inner secondaries 

 equal in length to the primaries. Tarsus shorter than the middle 

 toe and claw. Two notches in the posterior margin of the 

 sternum. Nearly cosmopolitan. 



Key to the Si^ecies. 

 G. pusilla. 



1. Smaller, wings 3.8, 

 Larger, wings 4.2.5. 



2. Paler in colour. 

 Darker in colour. 



G. aucklandica. 

 G. huegeli. 



Auckland Island Snipe. 



(Vojj. Erebus 'fiid Terror,) 



The Auckland Island Snipe. 



GalUnago aucklandica. 



Above, fulvous marked with black. Below, fulvous white, with 

 brown markings on the breast. A brown stripe from the nostrils under 

 the eye to the back of the head, and another in an oblique direction on 

 each cheek. Length of the wing, 4.2 in.; of the tarsus, 1.1 in. Auckland 

 Islands and Antipodes Island. 



The Auckland Island snipe are tame, and by no means 



plentiful. They fly badly, and only for a short distance, rarely 



