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230. Gallinago delicata (Ord). 



Wilson's Snipe. 



Scohpax delicata Okd, Wils. Orn. IX. 1825, p. ccxviii. 

 Gallinago delicata Ridgw. .MS. 



[6523,0414. R526^, C608.] 



Hab. North and Middle America, breeding from the Northern 

 United States northward ; south in winter to the West Indies and 

 Northern South America. 



Genus MACRORHAMFHTJS Leach. 



Macrorhamphus Leach, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mam. & B. 18 16, 31. Type 

 Scohpax grisea Gmel. 



231. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.). 



Dowitcher. 



Scohpax grisea Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 658. 



Macrorhamphus griseus Leach, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mam. & B. 1816, 31. 



[B524, C 415, R527, C 609.] 



Hab. Eastern North America, breeding far north. 



232. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say). 



Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Limosa scohpacea Say, Long's Exp. II. 1823, 170. 

 Macrorhatfiphus scolopaceus Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. V. 1852, 4, pi. \. 



[B52S, C 415^, R527dr, C 610.] 



Hab. Mississippi Valley and Western Province of North America, 

 from Mexico to Alaska. Less common but of regular occurrence 

 along the Atlantic coast of the United States. 



Genus MICROPALAMA Baird. 



Micropalama Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 726. Type, Tringa himanto- 

 fus Bonap. 



