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the head close to the ear-opening, and this character distinguishes Gallinago from the 

 Sandpipers and other members of the subfamily Scolopacinse. Only one species, 

 G. delicata, occurs in Central America, and this is easily recognized by its mottled 

 plumage and by the length of the inner secondaries, which are almost equal to the 

 primaries. 



The genus is cosmopolitan, the northern species being migratory, while the southern 

 are mostly resident. 



1. Gallinago delicata. 



Scolopax delicata, Ord, ed. Wilson^s Amer. Orn. vi. p. 18, t. 147. fig. 1 ^, 



Gallinago delicata, Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 178'; Zeledon, An. Mus. Xac. Costa 

 Rica, 1887, p. 129 ' ; Herrera, La Nat. (2) 1. pp. 186 *, 328 ' ; Cherrie, Aut, 1890, p. 332 ' ; 

 1892, p. 329 '; Richm. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 526 'j Jouy, t. e. p. 791 ' ; AUen, BuU. 

 Amer. Mus. N. H. v. p. 33 "; A. O.U. Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 85 "; Elliot, 

 N. Amer. Shore-Birds, p. 50"; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 642''; Oates, Cat. 

 Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 62, t. 3. fig. 1 ". 



Scolopax trachydactyla, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 521 '°. 



Gallinago wilsoni, Bp. Comp. List Birds Eur. & N. Amer. p. 52 "; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 310''; 

 1859, p. 369 '%• 1864, p. 178"; Moore, P.Z.S. 1859, p. 64^ ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 228 " ; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 372 =' ; 1867, p. 280 =' ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. pp. 301 ", 

 141 "; Mem. Best. Soc. N. H. i. p. 308"; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 314"; Salv. Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 205 ^ ; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 219 '' ; Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 607 " ; Duges, La Xat. i. p. 142 " ; 

 Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 233 " ; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. Water-Birds X. Amer. i. p. 188 " ; 

 Heine & Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 331 ". 



Scolopax wilsonii, v. Frantzius, J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 377 ". 



Scolopaa; gallinago wilsoni, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 486 ". 



Gallinago sp., Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 228 ". 



Typice scolopacina : supra nigra, rufo variegata, plumis plerisque rufo vel albido marginatis ; corpore subtus 

 albo, hypochondriis nigro transfasciatis ; gutture imo et praepectore rufescentibns, nigro variegatis ; 

 rectricibus 16 ; axiUaribus albis nigro transfasciatis : rostro vireseenti-cinereo vel brunnescente ; iride 

 brunnea. Long, tota circa 11-0, alae 5-3, caudas 2-1, culm. 2-4, tarsi 1-25. (Descr. maris adulti ex 

 Duenas. ilus. Brit.) 



Eab. North Ameeica, breeding from the Northern United States northward ii. 



Mexico (Wagler^^, Sumichr ast ^^), Sonora, Pachico, Chuhuichupa, San Diego 

 {Robinette'^^), Mazatlan {Grayson^^), Colima {Xantus^^), Hacienda Angostura, 

 San Luis Potosi (Jotii/% Guanajuato and Guadalajara (Duges^^), VaUey of 

 Mexico {Herrera ^^), city of Mexico (White ^% Laguna del Eosario, Tlaxcala 

 (Ferrari-Perez 2), Pkya Vicente, Vera Cruz (Trujillo ^% Jalapa (Be Oca ^^ ^% 

 Teapa (Mrs. H. H. Smith ^^) ; Beitish Hondueas, Cayo, western district (Blanc- 

 aneaux^^); Guatemala (Constancia^'^), city of Guatemala (0. S.^"!), Duenas, 

 Cohan, Choctura, Tactic, San Geronimo (0. S. & F. B. G. i^ 37 j^ Atitlan (Richard- 

 son 13) ; Hondueas, Comayagua (Taylor ^7), Omoa (Leyland 20 21) . Nicaeagua, San 



