GALLINAGO. 



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Gallinago gallinago (Linn.). 



Scolopax gallinago, Thien. Fortpftanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ix. fig. 2, a-k (1845- 



54); Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 353, pi. xcviii. (1856); 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i'ii. p. 241, pi. 28 (1885) ; id. Geogr. Distr. 



Charadriida, p. 484 (1887) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Sink, p. 153, pi. 40. 



tigs. 10, 11,12(1896). 



Telmatias gallinago, Baedeker, Eier Eur.. Vog. tab. 53. fig. 3 (1855-63). 

 Gallinago scolopacinus, Scully, Stray Feathers, iv. p. 186 (1876) ; 



Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 156; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 821 (1880). 

 Gallinago ccelestis, Hume 8p Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. iii. p. 359 (1880) ; 



Dreiser, Birds Ear. vii. p. 641 (1880) ; Poynting, Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 115, pi. 25 (1895-6); Wilson, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 



xii. p. 640 (1899). 

 Gallinago gallinago, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 633 (1896) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 165 (1899) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 455 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Snipe are, generally speaking, pyriform, 

 but some approach the regular oval form. They have a considerable 

 .amount of gloss. They are very variable in colour, the ground 

 ranging from pale greyish green to a pale green, and from pale 

 stone-colour to a rather rich brownish buff. The markings consist 

 -of spots and blotches of rich brown, pale brown, occasionally reddish 

 brown, and pale underlying grey or purple. These are mostly dis- 

 posed over the broader half and are often confluent, forming a very 

 irregular cap. The markings on the narrow half are generally small 

 .and sparse. The eggs measure from 1*5 to 1'72 in length, and from 

 1-05 to 1-2 in breadth. 



3. 



Rathlin Island, Ireland, 25th May 



(H. Saunders). 



Rathlin Island, 25th May (H. S.). 

 North Uist, Hebrides, 4th June 



(K V. Seebohm}. 

 Faroe Islands. 

 Faroe Islands, 27th May (H. C. 



Milller : Hargitt Coll). 

 Faroe Islands, 30th May (H. C. 



M. : Hargitt Coll.}. 

 Faroe Islands, June (If. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.}. 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M. : Hargitt 



Coll.}. 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M.: Hargitt 



Coll.}. 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M. : Hargitt 



Con.}. 



Shetland Islands (R. Dunn}. 

 Orkney Islands (R. Dunn: Har- 



gitt Coll.}. 

 Cluny, Ross-shire, May (Hargitt 



Coll.}. 



Cluny (Hargitt Coll.). 

 3. Glen Shiel, Ross-shire, llth May 



(Hargitt Coll.). 

 Drummond, Inverness-shire, 9th 



March (Hargitt Coll.}. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



H. C. Miiller, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



