WOODCOCK m AMERICA 291 



locality where it was procured, it proves to be an 

 acceptable addition to the national collection. 



The thanks of naturalists are due to Captain T. 

 H. Cook and his officers for having taken the 

 trouble to preserve and forward a bird which, in 

 their effort " to clear up a doubt," has established a 

 fact of geographical distribution that is worth 

 noting. 



There was some excuse for mistaking Jameson's 

 Snipe for a Woodcock, since there are several points 

 of resemblance, while in size there is but little 

 difference. The wings of both have short primaries 

 and long secondaries, and the legs are feathered to 

 the tarso-tibial joint, as in the typical Woodcocks 

 (see p. 299). On the other hand, in Jameson's Snipe 

 the head is streaked longitudinally instead of trans- 

 versely. So that while it is not a true Woodcock 

 it is not quite a typical Snipe. 



It was originally discovered by William Jameson 

 near Quito in Ecuador, and has since been found 

 on the southern slope of Chimborazo, and on the 

 eastern slope of the Andes in Bolivia ; but is still 

 one of the rarest birds in collections. 



