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LIMICOLjE. 



once connected the toes in all the species comprised in the Limicolse. 

 In subdividing the Charadriidae, it seems as if Strepsilas and Rhyn- 

 chcea must be expelled from the Scolopacinse, and Limosa, MacrO' 

 rhamphus, and Ereunetes admitted. 



346. SCOLOPAX AUSTRALIS. 



(LATHAM'S SNIPE.) 

 Scolopax australis, Latham, Index Om., Suppl. -p. Ixv (1801). 



Latham's Snipe is a large bird (wing from carpal joint 6^ to 6 

 inches). It has 18 tail-feathers, of which only two on each side are 

 less than "3 inch in width. 



Figures : Gould, Birds of Australia, vi. pi. 40. 



Latham's Snipe is a common visitor to the Japanese Islands, 

 probably breeding in Yezzo, and certainly doing so on the mountains 

 of Southern Japan. There is an example from Hakodadi in the 

 Swinhoe collection, procured by Captain Blakiston in May (Swinhoe, 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 163), and there are three examples in the Pryer 

 collection from Yokohama. I have also an example obtained by 

 Mr. Owston in the Yokohama market on the 4th of April. 



Latham's Snipe is probably confined to Japan during the breeding- 

 season, but in autumn it passes the Philippine Islands and the coasts 

 of China on its migration to winter in Australia. 



347. SCOLOPAX SOLITARIA, 



(JAPANESE SOLITARF SNIPE.) 

 Oaliinago solitaria, Hodgson, Proc. ZooL Soc. 1836, p. 8. 



The Solitary Snipe is a large bird (wing from carpal joint 6'4 to 

 6 inches) . It has many feathers on the upper parts, especially the 

 outer margins of the scapulars, streaked with white instead of buff. 



The typical form is slightly larger (wing 6-4 to 6-8 inches), has 

 fewer bars on the lower breast, broader pale dorsal stripes, and more 

 white marbling near the tips of the primaries. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 68. 



The Japanese race of the Solitary Snipe is a resident in Japan. 



