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two lateral branches, the first from upper part of the eye, the second 
from the lower part across side of neck, where continued, more or 
less interruptedly, across the chest; a dark chestnut (nearly black) 
loral streak (from bill to eye); the other markings, blotch-like, 
covering back, part of wings, and anal region. 
Adult male—Wing, 182-200 (187.1); tail, 82-100 (87); exposed 
culmen, 70-77 (74.3); tarsus, 34.5-37.5 (36.1); middle toe, 34-39 
(35.9).¢ 
Adult female-—Wing, 179-193 (187.7); tail, 79-91 (86.6) ; exposed 
culmen, 70-79 (74.9); tarsus, 33.5-38.5 (36.5); middle toe, 35-39 
(36.9).® 
Europe and Asia, breeding in northern portions, but also in British 
Islands, Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands, and in Himalaya 
Mountains at 10,000 feet altitude; wintering in British Islands, 
southern Europe, northern Africa, China, Japan, India, Ceylon, etc. ; 
occasional in eastern North Amerita (Newfoundland; Chambly, 
Quebec, Nov. 11, 1882; Chester and Northampton Counties, Pennsyl- 
vania; Shrewsbury, New Jersey; Loudoun County, Virginia). 
[Scolopax] rusticola Linnasus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 146 (Sweden); ed. 12, 
i, 1766, 243.—Brtnnicu, Orn. Bor., 1764, 49.—Scopouz, Bemerk. ed. 
Giinther, 1770, 108.—ScHarrrER, Mus. Om., 1789, 53—Gmetin, Syst. 
Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 660—Larnam, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 713—Turron, 
Syst. Nat., i, 1806, 396.—Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 54, no. 10352.—Covss, 
Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 252. 
Scolopax [rusticola] ScaarFFeR, Elem. Orn., 1774, pl. 61. 
Scolopax rusticola BoppaErt, Tabl. Pl. Enl., 1783, 53 (Pl. Enl., 885) —Brcustem, 
Orn. Taschenb.,. ii, 1803, 279.—Temmincr, Cat. Syst., 1807, 170; Man. 
@’Orn., 1815, 436; 2nd ed., ii, 1820, 673; iv, 1840, 429.—Mryer and Wotr, 
Orn. Taschenb., ii, 1810, 361.—Kocu, Syst. baier. Zool., 1816, 311.—Patias, 
Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., ii, 1826, 171—Werner, Atlas, Grallatores, 1827, pl. 28.— - 
Friemine, Brit. Anim., 1828, 105——Lrsson, Man. d’Orn., ii, 1828, 269.— 
Roux, Orn. Prov., 1830, pl. 299.—Macxenziz, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 
1832, 123 (Scotland)—Bream, Handb. Haus Stubenvég., 1832, 353.— 
MéneErrizs, Cat. Rais. Cauc., 1832, 51 (Lenkoran).—Jzenyns, Man. Brit. 
Vertebr., 1835, 204.—Honeson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836, 7 (Nepal).— 
2 Seven specimens. "6 Six specimens. 
: : Ex- Middl 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. | posed | Tarsus.| "y io 
culmen oe. 
MALES. 
Two adult males from Europe.......-...---2..2----0---2-e- eee 185 91 75.5 37 35 
Five adult males from eastern Asia.......--..-..2-..0..00220-- 187.1 87 74.3 36.1 35.9 
FEMALES, 
Three adult femalesfrom Europe.:.........22-!.0.2....ee eee ee 185.7 86.7 72.5 35.3 35.7 
Three adult females from Japan..................-------2-0-0-- 187.7 86.6 74.9 26.5 36.9 
