148 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



230. Gallinago delicata (ORD). 



Wilson's Snipe. 



Scolopax delicata ORD, WILS. Orn. IX. 1825, p. ccxviii. 

 Gallinago delicata RIDGW. MS. 



[6523, C 414, 5260, C 608.] 



HAB. North and Middle America, breeding from the Northern 

 United States northward; south in winter to the West Indies and 

 Northern South America. 



GENUS MACRORHAMPHUS LEACH. 



Macrorhawphus LEACH, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mam. & B. 1816, 31. Type 

 Scolopax grisea GMEL. 



231. Macrorhamphus griseus (GMEL.). 



Dowitcher. 



Scolopax grisea GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 658. 



Macrorhamphus griseus LEACH, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mam. & B. 1816, 31. 



[B 524, C 415, R 527, C 609.] 

 HAB. Eastern North America, breeding far north. 



232. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (SAY). 



Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Limosa scolopacea SAY, LONG'S Exp. II. 1823, 170. 

 Macrorhamphus scolopaceus LAWR. Ann. Lye. N. Y. V. 1852, 4, pi. i. 



[B 525, C 415 a, R 527 a, C 610.] 



HAB. Mississippi Valley and Western Province of North America, 

 from Mexico to Alaska. Less common but of regular occurrence 

 along the Atlantic coast of the United States. 



GENUS MICROPALAMA BAIRD. 



Micropalama BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 726. Type, Tringa himanto- 

 pus BONAP. 



