BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA, 41 
Adult male.—Wing, 241-267 (251.7); tail, 96-107 (100.9); culmen, 
64-75 (69.1); greatest depth of bill, 12-13 (12.4); tarsus, 46-51.5 
(48.8); middle toe, 38-45 (40.8).2 
Adult female.—Wing, 251-268 (257.1); tail, 91.5-106 (101.9); 
culmen, 70-83 (75.6); greatest depth of bill, 12-14 (12.8); tarsus, 
45-53 (49.2); middle toe, 38.5—43 (40.3).° 
Pacific coast of North America, from Lower California northward, 
and across through Aleutian chain to Kuril Islands, Japan; breeding 
from Aleutian Islands (Amchitka, Agattu, Attu, Atka, Kyska, and 
Semichi islands) eastward and southward to Santa Barbara and Santa 
Cruz islands, California, and Los Coronados Islands, Lower California; 
winters from southern British Columbia to Lower California (San 
Martin Island; Todos Santos Island; San Gerénimo Island; San 
Quentin Bay; La Paz). 
[Scolopaz] nigra (not Scolopax niger Meuschen, 1787 ¢) GmEtin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 
ii, 1789, 659 (islands between northern Asia and America, i. e., Aleutian 
Islands; based on Black Snipe Pennant, Arctic Zool., ii, 1785, 469; Latham, 
Synopsis Birds, iii, pt.i, 153) —Laraam, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 723.—Turron, 
Syst. Nat., i, 1806, 395. 
Hexmatopus niger (not of Temminck, 18204) Patas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 11, 1826, 
131 (Kuril Islands; Kadiak).—Cassin, in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., 
ix, 1858, 700.—Barrp, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 513.—Swinuog, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, 311 (Kuril Islands).—ScHLEGEL, Mus. Pays-Bas, iv, no. 
29 (Cursores), 1865, 76, part.—Brown, Ibis, 1868, 424 (Vancouver Island).— 
Dati and BannistTER, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 290 (Sitka; Kodiak).— 
Datu, Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., v, 1873, 28, 274 (Aleutian Islands).—Couzs, 
Check List, 1873, no. 405; 2d ed., 1882, no. 597.—Hrnsuaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. 
Wheeler’s Surv., 1876, 270 (Santa Cruz Island, California, June; habits,etc.)— 
Streets, Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus., no. 7, 1877, 17 (San Martin Island, Lower 
California)—Ripaway, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 198 (Cat. N. Am. 
« Eleven specimens. 6 Ten specimens. 
Great- i 
Locality. Wing: | Tan, | SUP | . | araus,| Mitel 
of bill. 
MALES, 
Four adult males from Alaska............-2----22+---- 257 103.6 70.1 12.5 49.7 42.6 
One adult male from British Columbia............-.-- 254 98 68 12,5 48.5 40 
Three adult males from Washington........-..-----.++ 246 98.3 69.3 12.8 48.8 41 
Three adult males from Lower California.............. 249.7 | 101 66.5 12.3 47.7 38. 2 
FEMALES, 
Five adult females from Alaska.............2--.2.22-- 257 99 76 13 48 40.8 
Two adult females from Washington...............-.. 254.5 | 104.5 74.5 12.7 50 38.7 
One adult female from California..................2.-. 258 105 80 13 51 40 
Two adult females from Lower California.............. 259.5 | 105 73.7 12.7 | (52) (41) 
¢ Unidentified and (according to Dr. Richmond) probably unidentifiable. 
4 =H. moquini Bonaparte, of Africa. 
