BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 159 
Colo. Stud. Zool., vi, 1909, 227 (Boulder Co., Colorado, rare summer res.).— 
Sctater, Revised List Birds Jam., 1910, 22 (Jamaica, winter visitant).— 
Isrty, Auk, xxix, 1912, 42 (Sedgwick Co., Kansas)—Howr, Auk, xxx. 
1913, 115 (St. Georges Bay, Newfoundland).—Baynarp, Auk, xxx, 1913, 
243 (Alachua Co., Florida, resident, breeding).—Movustry, Auk, xxxiii, 
1916, 63 (Hatley, Quebec, rare in May). 
[Philohela] minor Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 54, no. 10355—Couzs, Key N. 
Am, Birds, 1872, 252.—Suarpz, Hand-list, i, 1899, 167.—Forsrs and Ros- 
inson, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 75. 
P{hilohela] minor Ripaway, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., x, 1874, 383 (Illinois); Man. N. 
Am, Birds, 1887, 150.—Covss, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 619. 
Microptera americana AupuBoN, Synopsis Birds N. Am., 1839, 250 (new name for 
Scolopax minor Gmelin); Birds Am., 8vo ed., vi, 1843, 15, pl. 352.—GIRAUD, 
Birds Long Is., 1844, 266.—Pratren, Trans. Ills. Agric. Soc., i, 1855, 608 
(Illinois) —Wittis, An. Rep. Smithson. Inst. for 1858 (1859), 285 (Nova 
Scotia, common).—Bianp, An. Rep. Smithson. Inst. for 1858 (1859), 288 
(Bermudas). 
M{icroptera] americana Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., i, 1856, 218 (Essex Co., Mass.). 
Rusticola americana Jarpinz, Contr. Orn., 1849, 84 (Bermudas, rare in autumn).— 
Hurois, Jardine’s Contr. Orn., 1850, 10 (Bermudas, 1 spec., Oct.).—Mar- 
Tens, Journ. fiir Orn., 1859, 218 (Bermudas). 
Philohela americana Cougs, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xii, 1868, 122 (South Carolina), 
Genus GALLINAGO Koch.¢ 
Gallinago> Kocs, Syst. baier. Zool., 1816, 312. (Type, by tautonymy, G'. media 
Koch=Scolopaz gallinago Linnzeus.) 
Telmatias ¢ Bors, Isis, 1826, 980. (Type, Scolopax gallinago Linnzeus.) 
Pelorychus Kaur, Natiirl. Syst., 1829, 119. (Type, Scolopax brehmii Kaup.) 
Pelorhynchus SHARPE, Cat. Birds Br. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 616 (emendation). 
‘Enalius Kavp, Natiirl. Syst., 1829, 121. (Type, Scolopax sabint Vigors.) 
Odura@ Meves, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858, 201. (Type as designated by 
Mathews, 1913, Scolopax gailinago Linneus.) 
@ The following generic names may, some of them at least, not be synonyms of Gal- 
linago as properly restricted; but the determination of this question would involve 
a careful study of the many species of snipe from all parts of the earth, which is, 
manifestly, impracticable in connection with the present work. 
Nemoricola Hovason, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vi, 1837, 491. (Type, by tau- 
tonymy, Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson.) 
Homoptilura Gray, List. Gen. Birds, 1840, 70. (Type, Scolopax undulata 
Boddaert.) % 
Xylocota BonavarteE, Icon. Fauna Ital., i, 1839 (fasc. 25), text to pl. [43]. (Type, 
by original designation, Scolopax paludosa Gmelin=Scolopax undulata Bod- 
daert.) (ZbAov, wood; xoréw, to be angry at, to beara grudge.) (Richmond.)] 
Spilura Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 579. (Type, as designated by 
Bonaparte, id. p. 1023, Scolopax horsfieldi Gray=Scolopaxr stenura Bona- 
parte.) (o7idos, spot; obpa, tail.) 
* Ditelmatias Matuews, Birds Australia, iii, pt. 3, Aug. 18, 19, 13, 282. (Type, + 
‘by original designation, Gallinago hardwicki Gray.) (Ais, double+ Telmatias.) 
Chubbia Matuews, Birds Australia, iii, pt. 3, Aug. 18, 1913, 291, in text. (Type, 
by original designation, Gallinago stricklandt Gray.) 
5 From Gallina, a hen. (Mathews.) 
¢ réhya, a pool, swamp+ias. (Mathews.) 
@ 54, a song; obpd, tail. (Mathews.) 
