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MACBOBHAMPHUS GEISEUS. 



(RED-BREASTED SNIPE.) 



Scolopax grisea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 658 (1788). 



Scolopax noveboracensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 658 (1788). 



Scolopax leucophma, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. iii. p. 358 (1816). 



Macrorhamphus griseus (Gm.), Leach, Syst. Cat. B. & M. Brit. Mus. p. 31 (1816). 



Scolopax paykullii, Nilss. Orn. Suec. ii. p. 106 (1817). 



Macrorhamphus punctatus, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 556 (1831). 



Totanus noveboracensis (Gm.), Sabine, Frankl. Journ. p. 687. 



Limosa scolopacea, Say, Longs. Exp. Bocky Mountains, ii. p. 170 (1823). 



Limnodromus grisea, Lembeye, Av. de la Isl. de Cuba, p. 91 (1850). 



Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say), Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. v. p. 4, pi. 1 (1852). 



Limosa grisea (Gm.), Schl. Mus. Fays-Bas, Scolop. p. 26 (1864). 



Figure notabiles. 

 Vieill. Gal. des Ois. pi. 241 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 323 ; id. B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 76 ; Elliot, 

 B. of N. Am. part v; Nilss. Orn. Suec. tab. xi. 



Ad. ptil. ast. pileo, collo postico et corpore supra nigris ferrugineo notatis : dorso postico albo : uropygio imo 

 et supracaudalibus albis nigro transfasciatis et pallide ferrugineo notatis : rectricibus centralibus 

 ferrugineis, reliquis albis nigricanti fasciatis : remigibus primariis nigricantibus, secundariis et tectri- 

 cibus alarum majoribus saturate cinereis albo marginatis et apicatis : gula, gutture et corpore subtus 

 pallide ferrugineis, colli lateribus et pectore nigro guttatis, et hypochondriis cum subcaudalibus nigri- 

 canti fasciatis : rostro nigro-fusco : pedibus pallide viridi-fuscis : iride fusca. 



Ad. ptil. Mem. pileo, collo postico et corpore supra saturate cinereis vix fusco tinctis : dorso imo albo, supra- 

 caudalibus et cauda albis nigro transfasciatis : alis sicut in ptilosi aestivali, sed haud ferrugineo notatis : 

 gula, et gutture cinereo-albis : corpore reliquo subtus albo, hypochondriis et subcaudalibus nigricanti- 

 cinereo transfasciatis. 



Adult in summer (New Jersey) . Crown, nape, and upper parts generally varied black and rusty red, the 

 feathers being black, edged and barred with rufescent ochreous and rusty rufous ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts white slightly tinged with rufous, and barred with black ; central rectrices rufescent 

 ochreous, the outer ones white, all broadly barred with black ; primaries blackish, the shaft of the first 

 quill white ; short secondaries and larger wing-coverts dark grey, edged and tipped with white ; sides 

 of the head, throat, and underparts generally rusty rufescent, becoming paler towards the lower 

 abdomen ; sides of the neck and upper flanks spotted with black ; lower flanks and under tail-coverts 

 barred with black ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, barred with blackish grey ; bill blackish 

 brown ; legs light greenish brown ; iris dark brown. Total length about 8-5 inches, culmen 2*35, 

 wing 5 - 7, tail 2 - 45, tarsus 1*4. 



