SCOLOPAX. 



Scolopax brehmii^ Kaup, Isis, 1823^ p. 1147. 



Scolopax sabini, Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 557 (1825). 



Telmatias gallinago {Linn.), Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 979. 



Peloryclius brehmii (Kaup), | ^^^^„^^ ^^^ 



Enalius sabini ( Vigors), J 



Gallinago uniclavus, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vi. p. 492 (1837). 



Gallinago scolopacinus, Bonap. Camp. List B. Eur. ^ N. Amer. p. 52 (1838). 



Scolopax peregrina (Brehm), Temminck, Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 435 (1840). 



f \Keyserlingu.Blasius,Wirb.Eur.^'a.hi%.\r\\,2\Q(\%4!0). 



Ascalopax gaUmago (jLimw.), J 



Gallinago gallinago {Linn.), Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Av. p. 93 (1854). 



Gallinago vulgaris, Dubois, Planches Col. Ois. Belg. pi. 182 (1858). 



Gallinago russata, Gould, Birds Gt. Brit., Intr. p. cxviii (1873). 



Gallinago ccElestis {Frenz.), Dresser, Birds of Eur. vii. p. 641 (1880). 



485 



Plates. — Daub. PI. Enl. no. 883 ; Gould, Birds of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 79; Dresser, Birds of Europe, literature. 



vii. pis. 542, 543. 

 Habits. — Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 241. 

 Eggs. — Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 28. figs. 4, 6, 8. 



The Common Snipe may be most easily recognized by its tail, which consists of 14 Specific cha- 

 feathers {the four outermost of which vary from '4 to -5 inch) in the European form, and of "^^^ ^^^' 

 16 feathers {the four outermost of which vary from "3 to "4 inch) in the American form. 

 The only other species of Snipe with tails somewhat similar to that of the American form 



are S. major and 8. macrodactyta. The long bill of the latter (more than 3| inches) and 

 the white outer tail-feathers of the former are sufficient distinction. 



