464 SCOLOPAX. 



Type. 

 Lymnocryptes, Kaup, Nat. Syst. p. 118 (1829) S. gallinula. 



Pelorhynckus, Kaup, Nat. Syst. p. 119 (1829) S. gallinago. 



Philolimnos, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 623 (1831) S. gallinula. 



Microptera, Nuttall, Man. Orn. ii. p. 192 (1834) S. minor. 



Nemoricola, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vi. p. 491 (1837) S. nemoricola. 



Ascalopax, Keyserling fy Blasius, Wirb. Eur. p. 216 (1840) S. gallinula. 



Homoptilura, Gray, List Gen. Birds, p. 70 (1840) S. undulata. 



Philohela, Gray, List Gen. and Subgen. Birds, p. 90 (1841) S. minor. 



Xylocota, Bonap. Compt. Rend. xli. p. 660 (1855) S. jamesoni. 



Coenocorypha, Gray, Cat. Gen. and Subgen. Birds, p. 119 (1855) S. aucklandica. 



Spilura, Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 579 (1856) S. solitaria. 



Neoscolopax, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 331 (1882) . . . . S. rochusseni. 



The synonymy of the genus Scolopax is a melancholy record of the folly of ornitho- 

 logists. The genus, as defined by Linneus, contained a somewhat heterogeneous collection 

 of birds, including Whimbrels, Godwits, Snipes, and Sandpipers. Brisson turned out the 

 Whimbrels, Godwits, and Sandpipers, and restricted the genus to the Woodcocks, Snipes, 

 Painted Snipes, and the Dunlin. The European Woodcock {Scolopax rusticola), being the 

 Scolopax scolopax of Brisson, must be regarded as the type. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



(during the breeding-season) . 



Aberrant Snipes. 







Paljs arctic Region. 





Typical Snipes 







Arctic. 



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West Subarctic. 



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STENURA. 









East Subarctic. 



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Himalayas. 

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Oriental Region. 











Northern mountains. 



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. . NEMORICOLA. 







Japan. 





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Java? 







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Australian Region. 

 New Guinea. 











Moluccas. 







AUCKLANDICA . . 







New Zealand. 







