SCOLOPAX. 



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Aberrant Snipes. 



Ethiopian Region. 



Typical Snipes. 



MINOR 



tJNDULATA . 

 GIGANTEA 

 IMPERIALIS . 

 JAMESONI 

 STRICKLANDI 



The genus Scolopax belongs for the most part to the Temperate Regions, but it may Climatic 

 be regarded as cosmopolitan. The distribution of the 27 species and subspecies which ^® " ^ ^°"' 

 it contains is as follows during the breeding-season : — 



Arctic Eurasia 1 



Arctic species — 1 



Arctic and Temperate Eurasia .... 4 

 Arctic and Temperate America .... 1 



Arctic and Temperate species . — 5 



Temperate Eurasia 5 



Temperate N. America 1 



Temperate New Zealand 1 



Temperate S. America 7 



Temperate species — 14 



Temperate and Tropical Africa .... 1 



Temperate and Tropical species. — 1 



Tropical America 3 



Tropical Asia 2 



Tropical Africa 1 



Tropical species — 6 



Species and subspecies of Scolopax . . — 27 



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