126 BIRDS. 



Variegated, black, brown, gray, and russet; below warm 

 brown; eye high and far back; L. 11; W. 5; B. 3; T. 

 IJ. E. U. S., in swamps, etc. 



2. SCOLOPAX, Linnaeus. Eueopean "Woodcocks. 



1. S. rusticola, L. European Woodcock. General 

 appearance of Philohela, but a third larger. European; 

 accidental on our Atlantic coast. 



3. GALLINAGO, Leach, Snipe. 



1. G. wilsoni, (Temm.) Bon. Ameeican Snipe. Wil- 

 son's Snipe. Back varied with black and bay; crown 

 black, with a pale median stripe; bill straight, very long; 

 L. 11; W. 5; B. 2^; leg naked, 3; T. 3^. E. U. S., 

 abundant. 



4. MACRORHAUPHUS, Leach. Red-Bebasted Snipe, 



1. M. griseus, (Gm.) Leach. Geat Snipe. Beown- 

 Back. Blackish and grayish ; breast bay in summer; 

 bill long nearly as in Gallinago; L, 11; W. 5^; T, 3-J-. 

 North America; abundant coastwise. 



5. MICROPALAMA, Baird. Stilt Sandpipees. 



1. M. himantopus, (Bon.) Baird. Stilt Sandpipee. 

 Blackish, marked with chestnut, etc.; ashy gray in win- 

 ter; bill nearly as in Gallinago; L. 9; W. 5; T. 2^. N. 

 Am., not abundant. 



6. EREUNETES,imger. Sand -Peeps. 



1. E. pusillus, (L.) Cass. Semipalmated Sandpipee. 

 Peep. Plumage various, usually pale, white below ; 

 small; L. 6^; W. 3|; T, 2, N. Am.; abundant along 

 beaches. 



