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PRxECOCIAL GKALLATORES — LIMICOL^. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. 



a. Griseus. THE GRAY SNIPE; GRAY-BACK; DOWITCHER. 



Scolopax grisca, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 658 (based on the Brown Snipe of Pennant and Latham). 

 Macrorhamphus griseus, Leach, Cat. Brit. Mus. 1816, -31. — Cas.sin in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 712. 



— Baikd, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 524. — CouES, Key, 1872, 253 ; Clieck Li.st, 1873, no. 415 ; 



2d ed. 1882, no. 609 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 476. — RiDGW. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 527. 

 Scolopnx novcboraccnsis, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 658 (based on tlie Red-breasted Snipe of Pennant and 



Latham). — Wil.s. Am. Oin. VIL 1813, 45, jd. 58, fig. 1. — Sw. & Eich. F. B. A. IL 1831, 



398. — AUD. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 288, i<\. 399; Syuop. 1839, 249; B. Am. VL 1843, 10, 



pi. 351. 

 Scolopux (Macrorluimphns) ijrisca, BoxAr. Synop. 1828, 330. — Nutt. Man. IL 1S34, 181. 

 Scolopax Puykullii, NiLSS. Orn. Suec. IL 106. 

 Tolanus ferrugineicollis, ViEiLL. Enc. Meth. III. 1823, 1099 (based on the Red-breasted Snipe of 



Pennant and Latham). 



Hab. Atlantic coast of North America (lireecling in the region about Hudson's Bay ?). 



Sp. Char. About the size of Gallinago TJ'ilsoni. Shaft of hrst primary strong, pure white ; 

 axillars, tail-coverts, and lower part of rump white, barred, or transversely spotted, with slate- 

 color ; u]iper part of rump white, usually immaculate ; tail slate-colored or dusky, barred with 

 white (or, in summer adult, with pale cinnamon on middle feathers). Adult in summer : Head, 

 neck, and more or less of lower parts, light cinnamon, the abdomen whitish, breast and sides 

 speckled with dusky, the head and neck streaked with the same ; upper parts mi.xed black, light 

 cinnamon, and white, the first prevailing. Winter plumage: Belly and anal region white, usually 



M. griseus, summer plumage. 



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

 sides ; a vf hitish 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 across breast, the jugulum 

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

 light yellowish olive ; claws black " (Auddbon). 



Wing, .5.2,5-5.90 (5.65) ; culmen, 2.00-2.55 (2.30) ; tarsus, 1.20-1.55 (1.35) ; middle toe, .90- 

 1.05 (.95). 



/). Scolopaceus. THE RED-BELLIED SNIPE; GREATER LONG-BEAK. 



Limosa scolopacca. Say, Long's Exped. II. 1.^23, 170. 



Maerorhn.mphus scohjpaeeus. Lawk. 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. 

 Macrorhamphus griseus, var. scolopaceus, Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 415a;. 

 Scolopax longirostris. Bell, Ann. Lye. N". Y. V. 1852, 3. 

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



