﻿Ornithologists' 
  Club. 
  ^4i7 
  

  

  Hiige], 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild. 
  

   I 
  propose 
  to 
  discriminate 
  it 
  as 
  

  

  Gallinago 
  huegeli, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

   G. 
  pileo 
  et 
  loris 
  nigro-fuscis 
  ; 
  corpore 
  supra 
  rufescente 
  cer- 
  

   vino 
  variegato; 
  plurais 
  rufo 
  stricte 
  marginatis 
  ; 
  cervice 
  

   rufescente, 
  brunneo 
  dense 
  striata; 
  pectore 
  et 
  abdomine 
  

   castaneis 
  brunneo 
  dense 
  f 
  asciatis 
  ; 
  remigibus 
  brunneis 
  ; 
  

   rectricibus 
  quatuordecim, 
  tribus 
  externis 
  perangustis, 
  

   margine 
  albo; 
  tarsis 
  et 
  pedibus 
  albidis. 
  Long, 
  alse 
  4"1, 
  

   rostri 
  2, 
  tarsi 
  "9. 
  

   Hab. 
  Snares 
  Islands. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  may 
  at 
  once 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  its 
  coii- 
  

   geners 
  by 
  its 
  much 
  redder 
  hue, 
  and 
  especially 
  by 
  the 
  

   remarkable 
  fineness 
  and 
  delicacy 
  of 
  its 
  markings, 
  the 
  

   edgings 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  plumage 
  and 
  the 
  striation 
  and 
  bands 
  

   on 
  the 
  lower 
  surface 
  being 
  very 
  much 
  smaller, 
  closer, 
  and 
  

   more 
  distinct. 
  In 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  species 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  

   thighs 
  are 
  whitish, 
  while 
  in 
  this 
  they 
  are 
  thickly 
  barred. 
  

   In 
  this 
  species 
  the 
  three 
  outer 
  tail-feathers 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  are 
  

   attenuated 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  edging 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  others 
  only 
  the 
  

   two 
  outer 
  pairs 
  of 
  tail-feathers 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  attenuated. 
  

  

  There 
  would 
  therefore 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  

   Gallinago 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  round 
  New 
  Zealand 
  : 
  — 
  G. 
  auck- 
  

   landica 
  in 
  the 
  Aucklands, 
  G. 
  pusilla 
  in 
  the 
  Chathams, 
  and 
  

   G. 
  huegeli 
  in 
  the 
  Snares, 
  all 
  being 
  sedentary, 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  in 
  

   their 
  several 
  localities. 
  To 
  these 
  further 
  research 
  will 
  

   probably 
  add 
  a 
  fourth 
  from 
  Antipodes 
  Island, 
  whence 
  a 
  

   single 
  specimen 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  by 
  Sir 
  Jas. 
  Hector, 
  who 
  

   states 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  larger, 
  darker 
  in 
  plumage, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  more 
  

   curved 
  bill 
  than 
  the 
  Auckland 
  species. 
  Unfortunately 
  he 
  

   has 
  not 
  described 
  it. 
  

  

  I 
  subjoin 
  the 
  measurements 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  species 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Bill. 
  Wiug. 
  Tarsus, 
  

  

  inch. 
  inch. 
  inch. 
  

  

  Gallinago 
  aucklandica 
  22 
  4'2 
  TO 
  

  

  4-1 
  1-0 
  

  

  G. 
  huegeli 
  2-0 
  4-1 
  -9 
  

  

  G. 
  pusilla 
  17 
  3-6 
  -8 
  

  

  „ 
  1-5 
  3-5 
  -8 
  

  

  „ 
  1-7 
  3-5 
  -8 
  

  

  , 
  1-6 
  3-7 
  -8 
  

  

  