188 



PR^ECOCIAL GRALLAT0RE8 — LIMICOL^. 



with pale buff ; lining of the wing and sides of the body beneath, sharply barred with slate-color 

 on a pure white ground. 



1. Gr. coelestis. Tail-feathers usually 14. Wing, 5.1)0-5.30 ; culmen, 2.80-3.00 ; tarsus 



1.25-1.45 ; middle toe, 1.15-1.40. Hah. Palajarctic Region, occasional in Greenland, 

 accidental in tlie Bermudas. 



2. G. Wilsoni. Tail-feathers usually 16. Wing, 4.90-5.30 ; culmen, 2.50-2.70 ; tarsus, 



1.20-1.30 ; middle tue, 1.10-1.35. Jlah. North America, South to Middle America in 

 winter. 



GaUinago W^ilsoni. 



THE AMERICAN, OR WILSON'S, SNIPE. 



Scolopax GaUinago, WiL-soN, Am. Orn. VI. 1S12, IS, pi. 47, f. 1 (nee Linn.). 



ScoIojMx IFilsuni, Temm. PI. Col. V. 1824, livr. Ixviii. (in text). — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 



401. — NuTT. Man. 11. 1834, 185. — AuD. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 322 ; V. 1S3U, 583, pi. 243; 



Synop. 1839, 248, B. Am. V. 1842, 339, pi. 35u. 

 Gallmaijo Jl'Usoni, BoNAi'. Comp. List, 1838, 52. — C'AssiN, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 710. — 



BAinn, Cat. N. Am. li. 1853, no. 523. — OouEs, Key, 1872, 262 ; Check List, 1873, no. 414 ; 



2d ed. 1SS2, no. 608 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 475. 

 Oallinacjo yallhuiria, var. Wilsoni, Ridgw. Ann. Lye. N. Y. X. 1874, 383. 

 GaUinaijo media Wilsoni, Kidgw. Noni. N. Am. B. 1S81, no. 526«. 

 Scolopax ddicatida, Okd, ed. Wils. IX. 1825, 218. 

 Smlopax Dnimmondi, Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 400. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 190. — AuD. 



Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 319 ; Synop. 1839, 249 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 9. 

 Scolopax Doucjlasii, Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. 11. 1831, 400. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 191. 

 ? Scolopax leiicurus, Sw. & Ririi. t. c. 501. — Nutt. t. c. 617. 



Hab. The wdiole of North and Middle America, breeding from Northern United States north- 

 ward, migrating south in winter as far as New Granada ; throughout the West Indies ; Bermuda ; 

 accidental in England. 



Sp. Char. Bill long, compressed, flattened and slightly expanded toward the tip, piuictulated 

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



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

 back and rump transversely barred and spotted with the same ; a line from the base of the bill 

 over the top of the head. Throat and necli before, dull reddish ashy ; wing-feather marked with 

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

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

 of first primary white ; tail glossy brownish black, widely tipped with liriglit rufous, paler at the 

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



