



1. GALLINAGO WILSONI. , „ . ., _. . __ . *-,•« Ti 



tfcoZMwra? m'ZW Temm. PL Col. v. (text) : Gallinago wilsoni, Cassin m Baird s Birds N. Am. p. 710 : Dresser, 

 Ibis, 1866, p. 36: Scl. and Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 228 et P.Z.S. 1864, p. 372; Sclater, P.Z.S. 1864, p. 

 178 : Salvin, Ibis, 1866, p. 205. . • . 



JBflJ. Whole of North America (Cfcmw) : Texas (Dresser) : Mexico ( J^te) : Guatemala (flafow) : Veragua 

 (Arce) : Panama (McLeannan). 

 This is the only true Snipe yet met with in America north of Panama. It is at once distinguishable from every 

 other species of the New World by the external pair of tail-feathers, which are not attenuated, but of the ordinary form, 

 as in the European species G, major and G. scolopacina. 



2. GALLINAGO PARAGUAY^. ... 



Becassina prima, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 271, no. 387. Scolopax paraguaycs, Yieill N. D. in. p. 131, et Lnc. 



Meth. p. 1160: Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 24: Darwin, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 131. Gallinago paraguayce, 



Schlegel, Mus. de P. B. Scolopaces, p. 11 : Sclater, P.Z.S. 1867, p. 332 : Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 144. 



Sab. Paraguay (Azara) : Chili (Leybold) : Bolivia (Bridges in Mus. S.-G-.) 



We are not yet quite satisfied as to the distinctness of this and the next species, but at present follow Darwin and 



Schlegel in keeping them apart. The differences appear to consist in the larger size, longer wings, and narrower and 



more pointed outer rectrices of the present bird. 



3. Gallinago frenata. 



Becassina seconda, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 275, no. 388. Scolopax frenata, Max, Beitr. iv. p. 712 : Cab. in 

 Tsch. P. P. p. 299 : Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 758: Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 377, et La Plata- 

 Eeise, ii. p. 583. Scolopax magellanicus, King, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 93 : Scolopax (Telmatias) magellanicus, 

 Gould, Zool. Beagle, iii. p. 131. Gallinago mayellanica, Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, p. 387. Scolopax brasiliensis, 

 Sw. P. B. Am. p. 400. Gallinago frenata, Schlegel, Mus. de P. B. Scolopaces, p. 9 : Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 

 1869, p. 156. 

 Sab. Guiana (Schomburgk) : S. E. Brazil (Max et Burmeister) : E. Peru (Tsch.) : Paraguay (Azara) : La 

 Plata (Burm.) : Uruguay (Bar win) : Falkland Islands (Backe). 

 In one of our articles upon Mr. Hudson's birds (P.Z.S. 1868, p. 144) we have remarked that Scolopax frenata of 

 Lichtenstein (Doubl. p. 75) is based upon Azara's Becassina prima, and is therefore merely a synonym of Scolopax 

 paraguayce of Vieillot. This is certainly the case if we take Lichtenstein's reference to Azara (No. 387) as literally 

 correct. But as Lichtenstein gives no description of S. frenata, we may also adopt the view that this name of 

 Illiger was first properly characterized by Prince Max. and is therefore to be applied to the present species, if distinct 

 from the preceding. 



4. Gallinago nobilis — (tab. xcviii.). 



Sab. Int. of New Granada. 



5. Gallinago tjndulata. 



Becasse des Savannes de Cayenne, Buff. PL Enl. 895, unde Scolopax undidata, Bodd. Scolopax paludosa, Grm. 

 S. N. i. p. 661 : Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 758. Gallinago paludosa, Schl. Mus. de P. B. Scolopaces, p. 8. 

 Sab. Cayenne. 



6. Gallinago gigantea. 



Scolopax gig antea, Temm. PI. Col. 403 : Burm. Syst. Deb. iii. p. 376. Gallinago gigantea, Schlegel, Mus. d. P. B. 



Scolopaces, p. 8. Scolopax lacunosa, 111. in Mus. Berol. 

 Sab. Prov. of Goyaz, Brazil (Natter er). 



The great size of this bird renders it quite unmistakeable. One of batterer's specimens (in Mus. S. & G.) has 

 fourteen rectrices only, which is the number attributed by Schlegel (with some doubt) to this species. 



7. Gallinago stricklandi. 



Gallinago stricklandi, G. E. Gray, "Voy. Ereb. and Terror, t. 23, and Cat. Graihe, p. 112. Scolopax meri- 

 dionalis, Peale, Zool. U. S. Expl. Exp. Birds, p. 229 ; Cassin, ibid. ed. ii. p. 310, t. 35, f. 1 : Scolopax 

 spectabilis, Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 216. 



Sab. Tierra del Fuego, Hermit Isl, (Ant. Exp.) : Orange Bay (Peale) : Straits of Magellan (Lynn Museum) \ 

 Valdivia (Philippi). 



Schlegel has united this Snipe to Gallinago undulata, but it is certainly quite distinct, having the tarsi feathered 

 down to the joint, and the body below very rufescent and much less strongly marked. Besides the type in the British 

 Museum Salvin has examined a specimen in the Museum at King's Lynn. Dr. Einsch has kindly re-examined for us 

 the type of Scolopax spectabilis, of Hartlaub, and agrees with us in considering it identical with G. stricklandi. 



8. Gallinago jamesoni. 



Xylocottajamesoni, Bp. C. E. xli. p. 660: Gallinago — ? Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, p. 82. 



Sab. Ecuador, near Quito (Jameson) ; Panza, Chimborazo (Fraser). 



We have a single specimen of this Snipe, killed by Eraser on the slope of Chimborazo, and agreeing tolerably 



well with Bonaparte's description. It belongs to the section with the tarsi nearly completely feathered, and is we 



believe, quite a distinct species. It may be distinguished from the preceding by having the middle of the belly white 



and by the strong cross markings on the flanks and crissum. "* ' 



July, 1869. 



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