SCOLOPACID.E — THE SNIPK FAMILY — MACROPwIIAMPUrs, 



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Oknum MACRORHAMPHUS, Lkacii. 



Maerm'hamphus, "Leach, Cut. liiit. liinl.s, iMti," (iuAV (type, Scohpax gri»ea, Om.). 



Chab. (kiii'i il iiiiiMiiiMiu'c oF (lalHiKiiin. Tiii>i loii^jcr tlinn iiiiiltUn toe ; a uliort web lu'fweon 

 tin M\ of (niter anil miililic toe. I'luinaHi; vciv iliUciciit in wiiilcr and Himinicr ; youiij,' (liU'civnt 

 from ilk' a<1ult. 



'riu' nicniLiMiic ill tlio Im of (lie Iocs will ill unci .li.4linj,'iiisli this* ^L>nm from Oalluuigo, 

 tlioiiyh thui'L' aiv ntluT cliaiactuw iiivulvtil. 



Af, yrinfiis. 



But a sinfi;li' spucios of this },'eiius is known ; tlii.s iiiliiilnts the; whole of North America, breeding 

 ill the northern re),'ion:<, and occurrinj,' more or less freiineutly iu Europe. 



The single species of this genus, w-ith its two well-marked geogra])hical races, is characterized 

 as follows : — 



1. M. griseus. About the size of (lallinaiji) U'ilxoni, or larger. Bill long, compres.sed, flattened 

 and expanded toward the end, where (in dried specimens) jmnctulated and corrugated. Shaft of 

 lirst primal y strong, pure white. Axillais, tail-coverts, and lower part of rump, white, barred, or 

 transversely spotted, with shite-color ; upper i)art of rump while, usually immaculiite. Tail slaty 

 or dusky, barred with white (or, in summer adult, with pale cinnaniou on the middle feathers). 

 Atlidt in summer: Head, neck, and lower parts light cinnamon (tlu' abdomen sometimes whitish), 

 the foreiieck and sides of l)reast speckled, the siiles and crissum barred (U' s[)eckled with dusky. 

 Upper parts mixed black, light cinnamon, and white, the former prevailing. Adult in wiiiter : 

 lielly and anal region white, usually unspotted ; rest of the jdumage nearly uniform ash-gray, 

 somewhat intermixed with white on the breast and sides ; wing-coverts bordered with whitish ; a 

 whitish su])erciliarv .stripe. Youwj, first plumutji' : Back, s(a]iulars, and tertials, variegated black 

 and light clay-color, the latter chiefly on the edges of the feathers; lower parts dirty white, soiled 

 with dull buif or pale clay color, especially across the breast ; jugulum and sides usually indis- 

 tinctly speckled with dusky. Total length, about 10.00 to 1^.50 inches , extent, 17.50 to H).iT) ; 

 wing, u.aiMUM) (r).:;}) ; culmcn, 2.0(1-3.00; tar.sus, l.:^.")-!.;') (l.M) ; middle toe, .90-1.10 (1.00). 

 a. griseus. Wing, o. 25-5.90 (5.05); culinen, 2.00-2.55 (2.30); tar.su.s, 1.20-1.55 (1.35); 

 middle toe, .90-1.05 (.95).i Adult in summer: Abdomen whitish; breast and sides speckled 

 with dusky. Hab. Atlantic coast of Xt>rth America. 

 /3. scolopaceus. Wing, 5.40-6.00 (5.74); ciilmen, 2.10-,3.00 (2.72); tarsus, 1.35-1.75 (1.58); 

 middle toe, ,95-1.15 (1.01)."^ Adult in summer: Abdomen uniform cinnamon, without 

 markings ; breast speckled (usually scantily), and sides barred with dusky. Hab, Mississippi 

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



1 Extremes and average of eigliteen fully adult specimens. 



2 Extremes and average of forty fully adult specimens. 



