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i'K.KCoCIAI, (IHAI-I-ATURES— LIMICuL.'E. 



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Macrorhamphus griseus. 



.(. OrUeuB THE QBAY BRIPE; OBAT-BACK; DOWITCHEB. 



Sroln/Mij- ijrisi-ti, (iMKi.. f*. N. I. 178M, (158 (lnwiul on the Broini Snipe of PKNN.VNr aiul Latham). 

 Macroi-hiimiihun;/rinrii.H, l,i;.\i ii. I'at. Iliit. Muh. 1810, !J1. — Cahsin in lliiiiil's II. N. Am. 18oK, 712. 



— lUiiii., Cat. N. Am. II. l.^.V.", no. .I-JI. — CofK.s, Key, IS7"J, •.'')3 ; (lurk l,iM, 187;), no. Ji:,; 



2il cil. ISH-J, no. tio!" ; IlihU N. W. l.>«7t, 47ti. - Kiixiw. Noni. N. Am. H. 1S8I, no. .'■.•J7. 

 Scn/npiif iifivihiinin ii.Hi.i, (I.mii.. S. X. 1. 17HM, li.'i.S (liasnl on tiic li(tl-lirtiinti:d Si.hx' of I'KSSANr am! 



Latham). - Wii>. Am. Oin. Vil. 18i;i, Jj, pi. 58, tig. 1. --.Sw. .'i IIk h. !•. Ii. A. II. 1831, 



308. — Ain. nrn. llio;.'. IV. 1838, 288, 1>1. 31)1) ; Synoji. 183!t, 24li ; Ii. 'in. VI. 1843, 10, 



pi. nr.i. 



Si'dfiii'ii.!' (Miicmi-liinniiliiis) jri/fn, Honai'. Synop. 1828, 330. — Ni'TT. Man. II. 1831, l8l. 

 ticii/o/iii.i' Piiiikiillii, NiLsN. Orn. Sufc. 11. lutf. 



J\)lit iiiis /(ri-uijiiiiii'iillin, Vii;ii,i.. Imk'. Mt'tli. III. 1823, lomi (Imscd on tlio llal-brmstal Snipe of 

 Pr.NXAXT anil Latham). 



Hah. Atliiiitic coast of XortJi Ainciii'ii (hifcdln;,' in the region nlmut IliidsonV ]ky ?). 



Sp. Ciiau. Aliout the si/.i' of (inUindijo ll'ihinii. Sliiil't of lirst primary Hlronj;, pure wiiite ; 

 ttxillars, tail-eovorts, ami lowi'r jiart of rump wiiite, Larred, or transversely spotted, witli slate- 

 C(dnr ; upper part of rump wiiite, usually inimaiulatc ; tail slato-colored or dusky, liarred uitli 

 wiiite (or, in snniiner adult, witli pal(^ (iiinainim on middle fiMtliers), Aihdt in .<ummcr: Head, 

 neck, and more or less of lower parts, li^dit cinnamon, tliu abdomen whitish, l)rea.it and sides 

 speckled with dusky, tlie head and neck streaked with the same ; upper parts mi.xed lilack, lij,'lit 

 cinnamon, and white, the first prevailing. Winter plumaye: Belly and anal refjion white, usually 





M. gnaevs, summer plitmnr/e. 



unmarked ; rest of plumage nearly uniform ash-gray, somewhat mixed with white on breast and 

 sides ; a whitish superciliary stripe, and wing-coverts bordered with white. Young: Back, scapu- 

 lars, and tertials, varied with black and light clay-brown, the latter chiefly on edges of the feathers ; 

 lower parts dull whitish, soiled with dull buff or clay-color, especially acro.ss breast, the jugulum 

 and sides usually indistinctly speckled with dusky. " Bill dark olive ; iris reddish hazel ; feet 

 light yellowish olive ; claws black" (Auduiion). 



Wing, rj.^S-S.DO (5.C.5) ; culmen, 2.00-2.55 (2.30) ; tarsus, 1.20-1.55 (1.35) ; middle toe, .90- 

 1.05 (.9.5). 



h. ScolopaceuB. THE RED-BELLIED SNIPE; OBEATEB LONO-BEAK. 



Limnsa .icolnprurn, Say, Long's Expo(l. II. 1823, 170. 



Macrorhnmphin ncolopaccus, LAWit. Ann. Lye. N. Y. V. 1852, 4, pi. 1 (Long Island). — Cass, in 



Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 712. — Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 525. 

 Maerorhnmphiis griscm, var. scolopnccus, Coites, Cheek List, 1873, no. 415(i. 

 Scolopax longironlris, Bv.u., Ann. Lye. X. Y. V. 1852, 3. 

 Maerorhumphus griseus (part), CouES, Key, 1872, 253 ; B. N. W. 1874, 476. 



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