762 GALLINAGO 



1055. SWINHOE'S SNIPE. 

 GALLINAGO MEGALA. 



Gallinago megala, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 343 ; David and Oust. Ois- 

 Chine, p. 479 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 343 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 624 ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. 0. p. 956. 



Rharaldzin, Buriat. ; Toutagaldzin, Tungus. 



<$ ad. (Lake Baikal). Differs from G. sienura in having 20 tail- 

 feathers, the 5 lateral ones on each side attenuated, the under wing surface, 

 axillaries, and flanks bolder and closely barred with black. Culmen 2*25, 

 wing 5 '5, tail 2 '15, tarsus 1'33 inch. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia (the Southern Baikal, Dauria, the 

 Amoor, and the Ussuri rivers) ; Japan ; Corea ; S.E. Mongolia ; 

 China ; in winter south to the Philippines, Borneo, and the 

 Moluccas. 



In habits it does not appear to differ from G. stenura, but 

 its eggs seem to differ greatly from those of that species, 

 being, according to Taczanowski, in form like those of Scolopax 

 rust'icula, in colour pale cream or ochreous, the shell-markings 

 reddish grey and the surface spots and markings reddish 

 brown or brown, and measure about 1*63 by T22. 



1056. NEW HOLLAND SNIPE. 

 GALLINAGO AUSTRALIS. 



Gallinago australis (Lath.), Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Ixv. (1801) ; (Gould), 

 B. of Austr. vi. pi. 40 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 342 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 652. 



Yama-sliigi, Jap. 



< ad. (Japan). Larger and stouter than G. cwlestis, the light markings 

 on the upper parts paler, more buffy isabelline ; throat, neck, breast, and 

 under tail-coverts washed with warm ochreous buff; the two outer tail- 

 feathers somewhat attenuated ; bill yellowish olive at the base, otherwise 

 brown ; legs olive yellowish ; iris dark brown. Culrnen 3*0, wing 6*4, 

 tail 2 '2 5, tarsus 1 '35 inch. 



Hob. Japan, migrating south for the winter to Australia 

 and Tasmania. 



In general habits it does not differ from G..ccelestis, but it 

 flies heavier and sits closer, but on being flushed its note is 

 similar, and it also frequents similar damp localities. It 



