No. 46. 

 Macrorhamphns scolopaceus. 



Very similar to No. 45 (one picture answering well for both), 

 but the cinnamon brown or reddish tint of the summer plu- 

 mage, covering and more uniformly the entire lower parts. 

 Winter dress as in No. 45. 



Length eleven to twelve inches ; extent eighteen to twenty 

 inches ; bill two and a quarter to three inches. 



Eange, as given in A. O. U. Check List : " Mississippi Yalley 

 and Western Province of North America, from Mexico to Alaska. 

 Less common but of regular occurrence along the Atlantic coast 

 of the United States." 



WESTERN RED-BREASTED SNIPE : GREATER GRAY-BACK : 

 GREATER LONG-BEAK: LONG-BILLED SNIPE: RED-BELLIED 

 SNIPE: LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER: WESTERN DOWITCHER. 



Not being popularly recognized as distinct from the common 

 Eastern variety No. 45, it naturally receives the latter's com- 

 mon names. 



Mr. N. T. Lawrence says : " The gunners in the vicinity of 

 Rockaway, L. I., make a distinction between the two birds, call- 

 ing M. scolopaceus the WHITE-TAIL DOWITCHER." Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. Club, July, 1880. 



In the markets of Los Angeles, according to Dr. Cooper, 

 JACK SNIPE (see Nos. 44, 51). 



