330 



LIMICOL/E. 



examples procured by the Siebold Expedition were probably obtained 

 near Nagasaki (Temminck and Schlegei, Fauna Japonica, Aves^ 

 p. 114). 



Limosa melanura. 



The Black-tailed Godwit breeds in subarctic Europe and Siberia, 

 visiting on its migrations the British coasts as well as those of 

 Japan. Eastern examples are slightly smaller than Western ones. 



333. MACRORHAMPHUS GRISEUS. 



(AMERICAN SNIPE-BILLED SANDPIPER.) 



Scolopax ffrisea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 658 (1788). 



The Alaskan or Western race of the American Snipe-billed Sand- 

 piper was described in 1833 as distinct from the Canadian or Eastern 

 race under the name of Limosa scolopaceus (Say, Long's Exped. ii. 

 p. 170). 



The Canadian and Alaskan Snipe-billed Sandpipers resemble small 

 Bar-tailed Godwits, with the bills of Snipes. 



The Alaskan form is on an average a slightly larger bird than the 

 typical Canadian form, and may be regarded as subspecifically dis- 

 tinct under the name of Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus. 



Figures : Lawrence, Ann. Lye. New York, v. pi. 1. 



