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SCOLOPAX. 



It is unquestionably very nearly allied to Jameson's Snipe, but will probably be found 

 to bo specifically distinct from that bird. 



SCOLOPAX UNDULATA. 



CAYENNE GIANT SNIPE. 



Diagnosis. Scolopax pileo in longitudinem striato : primariarum pogoniis internis fasciatis. 



"Variations. SOUTHERN examples are, on an average, so much larger that they may fairly be regarded as 

 subspecifically distinct. 



Synonymy. Scolopax undulata, Boddaert, Table PL Enl. p. 54 (1783). 



Scolopax paludosa, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 661 (1788). 

 Homoptilura undulata [Bodd.), Gray, List Gen. Birds, p. 70 (1810). 

 Gallinago undulata {Bodd.), Gray, Genera of Birds, ill. p. 553 (1846). 

 Xylocota paludosa [Gmel.), Bonap. Compt. Rend. xli. p. 660 (1855). 

 Gallinago paludosa {Gmel.), Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Scol. p. 8 (1804). 



Literature. Plates. — Daub. PI. Enl. no. 895. 



Habits. — Buffon, Hist. Nat. des Ois. vii. p. 481. 

 Eggs. — Unknown. 



