252 SCOLOPACIDE, SNIPE, ETC.—GEN. 202, 203, 204. 
shade; ¢.10-11; 9? 11-12; extent 16-18; wing 44-5; bill 23-3; tarsus 
14; middle toe and claw 13; weight 5-9 oz. Bogs, swamps, wet woodland 
and fields, Eastern U. S. and Canada.- Wits., vi, 40, pl. 48, f. 2; Nurr., 
ni, 194; Awp:, vi, L5>.pl.352) Cassin bp., (095). 0. ee MINORS 
202. Genus SCOLOPAX Linneus. 
European Woodcock. First primary alone attenuate ; wings more pointed 
than in the last; one-third larger; weight 12-15 oz. This bird has not 
hitherto been formally introduced to our fauna in any systematic treatise ; 
but there are several authentic instances of its capture in this country, and 
it is unquestionably entitled to a place here, as a straggler from Europe. 
See Lewis, American Sportsman, ed. of 1868, p. 169, footnote (New 
Jersey) ; Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1866, 292 (Rhode Island and New Jersey) ; 
Barrp, Am. Journ. Sci. xli, 1866, 25 (Newfoundland). Sportsmen who get 
a bird of this sort, will do well to report the fact at once. Of all the snipe- 
like birds of this country, called “Scolopax,” the present is the only one to 
which the name is strictly applicable. . . . . . . . . RUSTICOLA. 
203. Genus GALLINAGO Teach. 
American Snipe. Wilson’s Snipe.” Bill much longer than the head, 
perfectly straight, soft to the end, where it is somewhat widened and grooved 
on top; gape narrow, not reaching beyond base of culmen; ear under eye; 
tibize feathered not quite to the joint; tarsus a little shorter than middle toe 
and claw; toes perfectly free. Crown black, with a pale middle stripe; 
back varied with black, bright bay and tawny, 
the latter forming two lengthwise stripes on the 
scapulars ; neck and breast speckled with brown 
and dusky; lining of wings barred with black and 
white; tail usually of 16 feathers, barred with 
black, white and chestnut; sides waved with 
dusky ; belly dull white; quills blackish, the outer 
white-edged. Length 9-11; wings 43-54; bill 
about 24; whole naked portion of leg and foot 
about 3. This is the genuine snipe, of all the 
birds loosely so called; its name of “English” 
Fic. 163. American Snipe. snipe is a misnomer, as it is indigenous to this 
country, and distinct from any European species, though closely resembling 
one of them. Open wet places of North America, at large; migratory. 
Wus., vi, 18; pl. 47, f. 2; Nurr., ii, 185; Aup., v, 339, pl. 350; Cass. 
in Bp., 700. WScolopax drummondii and S. douglasii Sw., F. B.-A., ii, 
401 ;9Seleucurusiip 07d. .d0leea aes et) ean ete chia eens ONE 
204. Genus MACRORHAMPHUS Leach. 
- Red-breasted Snipe. Gray Snipe. Brown-back. Dowitcher. A very 
snipe-like bird, with the bill exactly as in Gr'allinago, but readily distinguished 
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