464 SCOLOPAX. 



Type. 



Lymnocryptes, Kaup, Nat. Syst. p. 118 (1829) S. galhnula. 



Pelorhynchus, Kaup, Nat. Syst. p. 119 (1829) S. gallinago. 



Philolimnos, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 623 (1831) S. gallinula. 



Microptera, Nuttall, Man. Orn. ii. p. 192 (1834) S. minor. 



Nemoricola, Hodgson, Journ. As. Sac. Beng. vi. p. 491 (1837) S. nemoricola. 



Ascalopax, Keyserling ^ Blasius, Wirb. Eur. p. 216 (1840) S. gallinula. 



Homoptilura, Gray, List Gen. Birds, p. 70 (1840) S. undulata. 



Philohela, Gray, List Gen. and Subgen. Birds, p. 90 (1841) S. minor. 



Xylocota, Bonap. Compt. Rend. xli. p. 660 (1855) S. jamesoui. 



Coenocorypha, Gray, Cat. Gen. and Subgen. Birds, p. 119 (1855) S. aucklandica. 



Spilura^ Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 579 (1856) S. solitaria. 



Neoscolopax, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 331 (1882) . . . . S. rochusseni. 



The synonymy of the genus Scolopax is a melancholy record of the folly of ornitho- 

 logists. The genus, as defined by Linneus, contained a somewhat heterogeneous collection 

 of birds, including Whimbrels, Godwits, Snipes, and Sandpipers. Brisson turned out the 

 Whimbrels, Godwits, and Sandpipers, and restricted the genus to the Woodcocks, Snipes, 

 Painted Snipes, and the Dunlin. The European Woodcock [Scolopax rusticola), being the 

 Scolopaw scolopax of Brisson, must be regarded as the type. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTEIBUTION 



(during the breeding-seasoa) . 



