148 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [10] 



Family SCOLOPACID^.— The Snipe Tbibe. 



[524. J Scolopax fl'iisf ictn Jla Linu. European Woodcock. Pala> 

 arctio region ; occasional in Eastern North America 

 (several records). 



5*25. Philohela minor (G-mel.). American Woodcock. [522.] 

 Eastern United States, north to Canada and Nova 

 Scotia. 



*a. No. 84625. 9 ad. District of Columbia, June 30, 1860 ; D. W. 

 Prentiss. 



b. No. 84626. $ ad. District of Columbia ; Dr. E. Coues. 



526. Gaflinag'o media (Leach). English Snipe. Palaearctic 



region, straggling to Greenland and the Bermudas. 



526a. Gallinag-o media, wilsoni (Temm.). Wilson's Snipe. 

 [523.] Whole of North America, south in winter to 

 Panama and West Indies. 



a. No. 79745. 5 ad. Long Valley, California, June 22, 1877 ; H. W. 



Henshaw. 

 n. No. 88246. Ad. Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A. 



527. Macrorhamphusgriseus(Gmel.). Bed-breasted Snipe ; 



Gray Snipe. [524.] Eastern North America, 

 breeding far northward. 



a. No. 76348. Ad. Bellport, Long Island, June 7, 1878 ; C S. Allen. 

 *6. No. 80270. $ ad. Bone Island, Virginia, July 14, 1880 ; R. Ridg- 

 way. 



c. No. 58393. Juv. Fort Macon, North Carolina, July, 1869; A. Q. 



Beale. 



527a. jWacrorhamphii* griseus scolopaeeus (Say). Red- 

 bellied Snipe; Greater Gray-back. [525.J 

 Western North America, including Mississippi Val- 

 ley, north to Alaska, and "barren grounds" of arctic 

 districts; occasional on Atlantic coast. 



*a. No. 70250. J ad. Saint Michael's, Alaska; L. M. Turner. 



*b. No. 65568. $ juv. Souris River, Dakota, August 10, lb73; Dr. 



E. Coues, U. S. A. 



c. No. 76756. Cape May, May 10, 1848; D. G. Eliot. 



d. No. 65569. $ juv. Souris River, Dakota, October 1, 1873; Dr. E. 



Coues, U. S. A. 



528. Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.). Stilt Sandpiper, 



[536.] Eastern North America, breeding far north- 

 ward; Middle America, West Indies, and greater 

 part of South America in winter. 



a. No. 69917. $ ad. Laramie, Wyoming; Dr. C. G. Newberry. 



ft. No. 58909. 9 San Mateo, Tehuantepec, February 24, 1869; Prof. 



F. Sumicbrast. 



c. No. 67691. Juv. Chief Mountain, August 16, 1874 ; Dr. E. Coues, 

 U. S. A. 



