232 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
One found dead, floating in Riddle’s Bay, March 21, 1848, sent to 
Rey. H. B. Tristram. <A female, partly in ruddy plumage, killed with 
a stick in Hamilton Harbor on the following day, and a third example 
captured on the edge of Devonshire Swamp by Mr. Hurdis on the 8th 
March, 1852. “It is remarkable that all the specimens were obtained 
without the aid of a gun” (Hurdis). 
Family SCOLOPACIDE. 
Sub-family SCOLOPACIN A. 
Genus PHILOHELA, G. R. Gray. 
100. Philohela minor, (Gm.) Gray. American Woodcock. 
Scolopax minor, Gm., Lath., Wils., Bp., Aud. 
Rusticola minor, Vieil., Bp. 
Rusticola (Microptera) minor, Nutt. 
Philohela minor, Gray, Bd., and of most late authors. 
Microptera americana, Aud., Gir. 
Length, about 11; wing, 54; tail, 24. 
Hab.—Hastern United States and British Provinces, north to Nova 
Scotia and Canada, northwest to Fort Rice, Dakota; west to Kansas 
and Nebraska. (Coues.) 
‘‘ A single specimen was shot near Hamilton in October, 1842, and one 
was supposed to have been seen at Hungry Bay afew years afterwards 
by Mr. Fozard” (Nat. in B., p. 42). 
Genus GALLINAGO, Leach. 
101. Gallinago wilsonii, (Temm.) Bp. American or Wilson’s Snipe. 
Scolopax gallinago, Wils. 
Scolopax wilsonit, Temm., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., Gir., Trippe, and 
of many earlier authors. 
Gallinago wilsonii, Bp:, Scl., Bd., Salv., and later authors. 
Gallinago gallinaria var. wilsoni, Ridg. 
Gallinago brehmii, Bp. 
Scolopax delicatula, Ord. 
Scolopax drummondii, Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud. 
Gallinago drummondii, Bp. 
Scolopaz douglasii, Sw. & Rich., Nutt. 
Length, about 104; wing, 5; tail, 24. 
Hab.—The whole of North America, southward to South America; 
Mexico; West Indies. (Coues) Bermuda. 
Usually makes its first appearance at the beginning of October, a 
Straggler or two remaining till January, and occurs also in March, 
April, and May in limited numbers on its northward journey. It has 
been seen as early as the 13th September (Hurdis). It seems rather a 
