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352. SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA. 



(WOODCOCK.) 



Scolopax rusticola, Linneua, Syst. Nat. i. p. 243 (1766). 



The Woodcock has silvery-white tips on the under surface of its 

 tail-feathers, all the feathers of the breast are barred, and there are 

 rudimentary bars on the margins of both webs of the primaries. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 540. 



Scolopax ritsticola. 



The Woodcock breeds in Yezzo and on the mountains of Southern 

 Japan. To the north island it is only a summer visitor, but south of 

 the Straits of Tsugaru it is a resident. There is an example from 

 Hakodadi in the Swinhoe collection (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1877, p. 145) ; 

 and there are six examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. 

 Mr. Ringer has sent examples from Nagasaki, where those procured 

 by the Siebold Expedition were probably also obtained (Temminck 

 and Schlegel, Fauna Ja'ponica, Aves, p. 113). 



The Woodcock breeds in England as well as in Japan, its range 

 extending through the Himalayas, as well as through Southern 

 Siberia. 



