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SCOLOPAX RU8TICOLA. 



(WOODCOCK.) 



Scolopax, Briss. Orn. v. p. 292 (1760). 



Scolopax rusticola, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 243 (1766). 



La Becasse, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 462, pi. xxv. (1780).' 



Busticola vulgaris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. iii. p. 348 (1816). 



Scolopax major, Leach, Syst. Cat. M. & B. Brit. Mus. p. 31 (1816, nee Gmel.). 



Busticola europcea, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 555 (1831). 



Scolopax pinetorum, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 613 (1831). 



Scolopax sylvestris, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 614 (1831). 



Scolopax rusticitla (Linn.), Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. viii. p. 361 (1837). 



Scolopax indicus, Hodg. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. ii. pt. i. p. 490 (1837). 



Busticola sylvestris, Macg. Man. Brit. B. ii. p. 105 (1842). 



Scolopax torquata, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 304 (1855). 



Scolopax orientalis, C. L. Brehm, ut supra (1855). 



Scolopax scoparia, Bp. Compt. Rend. Ac. Sc. xliii. p. 579 (1856). 



Scolopax platyura, Brehm, fide Bp. loc. cit. (1856). 



Coilleach-coille, Crom-nan-duilleag, Gaelic ; Becasse ordinaire, French ; Gallinhola, Portu- 

 guese ; Chocha, Gallineta, Spanish ; Beccaccia, Italian ; Gallina, Maltese ; Himar el hedjel, 

 Moorish ; Waldsclineppe, German ; Houtsnip, Woudsnep, Dutch ; Skovsneppe, Danish ; 

 Bugde, Holtsneppe, Norwegian ; Morkulla, Swedish ; Lehtokurppa, Finnish ; Bekass- 

 slomka, Shabashka, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 

 D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 885 ; Werner, Atlas, Gralles, pi. 28 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 37 ; 

 Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 226 & 237; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 37. fig. 10; Naumann, 

 Vog. Deutschl. taf. 211 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 44. fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 319 ; 

 id. B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 77 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 220. 



Ad. supra nigro ferrugineoque et rufescente ochraceo variegatus, dorso magis nigro notato : fronte sordide 

 cinerea : capite postico nigro, ochraceo et ferrugineo fasciato : Cauda supra cinereo et subtus albo 

 apicata, : mento albido, vitta, a rostro ad oculum nigra : corpore subtus rufescenti-albido, nigro-fusco 

 fasciato : rostro sordide carneo, versus apicem fusco : pedibus sordide fuscescenti-carneis : iride nigro- 

 fusca. 



Juv. adulto similis sed fronte ochraceo lavata. et fusco notata, corpore subtus pallidiore. 



Adult Male (Smyrna). Forehead light dull grey shghtly marked with dark brown; hind head black crossed 

 by three somewhat irregular yellowish buff and rusty brown bands; upper parts generally richly- 

 variegated with black, rusty red, and warm ochre-yellow, the centre of the back being most boldly 



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