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285. RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. Phalaropus hyperboreus (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 x 

 upper mandible smooth, not laminated as in most Scolopacidse. (/ 



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. Scolopax rusticula, Linnaeus. Resident : large 

 accession in winter. 



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

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



287. GREAT or SOLITARY SNIPE. Gallinago major (J. E. Grmelin). 

 On passage in spring 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. ^> i 



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

 if l Length 10 J inches. " Sabine's Snipe " is merely a dark variety. 



289. JACK SNIPE. Gallinago gallinula (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, 290. RED-BREASTED SsiPE. Macrorhamphus griseus (J. F. Gmelin). 



wintering in y erv rare straggler, generally in autumn. 



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



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

 Y \ 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, 291. BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER. Limicola platyrhyncha (Temmiuck). 



N. Russia, Rare visitor on migration ; not yet in Scotland. 



Egypt, S. Asia, Bill much longer than head, nearly as broad as high at the base, very 5 

 Philippines, fat an( J wide up to the tip, with blunt rounded points. Very little or 

 and Mada- nQ w ] 1 j| e on secondaries and upper tail-coverts ; legs greenish black. 

 s s ' *L Winter. Ashy grey above, each feather with a dark centre Length 

 l 6 inches. 



