132 BIRDS OF BRITIfeiH GUIANA. 



collection ^vai^ procured in the (Jolony, but the exact locality is not 

 known. 



Extralimkal Rcuufe. North, Central, and South America. 



Hahits. According to Schon)burgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 758) 

 this bird is found in large flocks on the sand- and mussel-banks of 

 the coast. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri [2] x. p. 278) remarks :—" The 



Knot or Red-breasted Sandpiper {Tringa camitus). As will be 



gathered from the description, these birds are of very variable 



]>lumage, according to the season. In the (*olony they are of 



lare occurrence. They are much more common in the Old AYorld, 



A\ here they are known to migrate as far south as Australia and 



New Zealand. They are known to breed in the extreme Arctic 



reiiions." 



Genus GALLINAGO Koch. 



GaUinacjo Koch, Syst. baer. Vogel, pp. xlii, 312, 181G. Type 

 G. fiaUiitofjo. 



This genus differs in having the eyes pLiced fiu'ther back on 

 the sides of the head, a long bill, short tarsus^ and long toes. 



Ke;i to the Species. 



A. Larijev, wing more than 120 mm. ; under 



tail-coverts l)u-ff harred with ]jale brown . G. dclicata, p. 132. 

 \l. Smaller, wing less than 120 mm. ; under 



tail-coverts white with pale brown bars ... G. hraziliensis, p. 133. 



84. Gallinago delicata. 



"Wilson's Snipe. 



GiiUinago delicato (Ord), Reprint of Wilson's Amer. Orn. ix. p. ccxviii, 

 1825 (Pennsylvania) ; Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 642, 

 189G ; Braboume & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. j). 43, no. 413, 1912. 



Adult. General colour above black -with rufescent, greyish 

 white, or pale brown markings to the feathers, -which vary in 

 shape, some being spots, streaks, l)ar.s, or edgings ; bastard-wing 

 and primary-coverts blackish, the latter tipped with white, as also 

 the marginal upper wing-coverts ; primarj'-quills dark brown, the 

 outer web of first primary white, secondaries margined with white 

 at the tips ; median upper wing-coverts barred witli grevish 

 brown ; innermost secondaries black with mottled-brown bars ; 

 middle of back uniform black ; the middle tail-feathers black 

 l)roadly banded with chestnut and tijiped with while, the outer 



