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PH-ECOCIAL GHALLATOKLS - LIMICOLiE. 



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with pule buff ; lining of the wing ami sidei' of tliu body bunuatli, sharjily br/ired with slate-color 

 on a \)i\\v white ground. 



1. O. coelestis. Tail-ftathei> ur-ually 14. Wing, 5.00-5.30; culnien, 2.80-3.00 ; tarsus 



1.25-1.-15 ; middle t<x-, 1.1. 5-1. -10. Hah. I'akearctic Region, oceatiipnal in Greenland, 

 ncciduiilal in the Ik-rniuda*. 



2. O. WilBoni. Tail-feather- u>ually 10. Wing, 4.!)0-5.30 ; cuhnen, 2.50-2.70 ; tunsus, 



1.20-1.30; niidiUe t-ii-, I.Hi-1.35. //nh. Xoilli America, South to Middle America in 

 winter. 



Gallinago Wilsoni. 



THE AKEBICAK, OR WILSON'S, SNIPE. 



Sco!opa.v Oiilliiiii'jo, \Vii,».N, .Vin. lUu. VI. IMl', If, ]i\. 17, I'. 1 (iiec Lixx.). 



Scolojxu inis„„i, 'ri:M.M. I'l. <;ol. v. \>H, Ww. Iwlil. (in text). — Sw. & liicH. F. B. A. 11. 1831, 



401. — Xirr. .Man. II. 1S.34, ISD. - Ai n. Oni. IJiog. III. 1835, 322 ; V. 1830, 583, pi. 243; 



Synop. l.>*3!t, 24f^, I!. Am. V. 1842, 33it, pi. 350. 

 Oaltiiiiiijii in/mni, lii.N.M-. < omp. List, l!<38, 52. - Casmn, in niiinl's B. X. Am. 1858, 710. — 



Baikh, Cat. X. Am. I!. l*>.'.:i, no. 523. — Cori>, Key, 1872, 2(12 ; Check List, 1873, no. 414 ; 



2d ed. 1882, mi. tjii'» ; I5ird» X. W. 1*74, J75. 

 Gallimtijo (fidlimiriii, var. Wilnuni, Ilinow. Ann. Lye. X. Y. .\. 1874, 383. 

 Gnlliiifi'ji) ((Kilin U'i/.vmi, IiIli'JW. Xom. X. .\m. li. 1{>81, no. 52l)((. 

 Scohipnx (liUaitithi,in:u,i>\. Wil-. l.\. 1825, 21s. 

 Scoloprix T>i-Hmiii;,iili, .sw. i l!i. n. I". B. A. II. 1831. 4oO. — XriT. Man. II. 1834, 190. —AvD. 



Orn. Biog. V. 1830, 310; .'<ynop. 1830, 240; 15. Am. VI. 184:!, 0. 

 Scolopa.!- Douijla/iii, Hw. & Ri< ii. F. B. A. II. 1831, 400. — Xrrr. Man. II. 1834, 101. 

 f Scolopax Ici'riin'.n, Sw. & Ukh. t. c. 50]. — XriT. t. c 017. 



Had. The whole of North and Miildle Ann ilea, breeding from X'orthern United States north- 

 ward, migrating south in winter a.-- far u< New Granada ; throughout the West Indies ; Bermuda ; 

 accidental in England. 



Sp. Char. Bill long, eom]fres-<-d. flatt<'ned and slightly expande<l toward the tip, punctulated 

 in its terminal half ; wings rather long ; legs moderate ; tail short. Entire ujijier parts brownish 



black ; every feather spfrtted and widely edged with light rufous, yellowish brown, or ashy white ; 

 back and rump transversely Ijarre<l and spotted with the same ; a line from the ba.se of the liill 

 over the top of the head, l lirojit and neck belbie, dull reddish ashy; wing-feather marked witli 

 dull brownish black ; other under parts white, with transverse bars of brownisl; black on the sides, 

 axillary feathers, under wing-eoverts, and under tail-coverts; quills brownish black; outer edge 

 of first primary white ; tail glo.sfv brownish black, widely tipped with briglit rufous, paler at the 

 tip, and with a sub-terminal namnv Imnrl of black ; outer feathers of tail paler, frequently nearly 



