Local Names of Migratory Game Birds. 51 
230.1 Great Snipe (Gallinago media). 
Range.—Eastern Hemisphere. Breedsfrom Prussia, Russia, and Siberia north to beyond latitude 71°; 
WEES from the Mediterranean to South Africa; occursin migration from Great Britain to Persia; accidental 
in Canada. 
Names.—English names are double snipe, little-woodcock, solitary snipe, and 
woodcock snipe; French names, becasse major (larger becasse), becassine double 
(double snipe), and grande becassine (big snipe). 
230.2 European Jacksnipe (Limnocryptes gallinula). 
Range.—Breeds in arctic regions of the Old World; winters as far south as north Africa, Persia, India, 
and Burma; accidental on the Pribilof Islands. 
Names.—Appellations for this species in Great Britain are half snipe, jacksnipe, 
jedcock, and juddock; in France, becasse sourde (deaf becasse, or snipe), and jaquet. 
231. Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus). (Fie. 39.) 
Range. —There are two subspecies of dowitcherin America, having the following ranges: 
Short billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus griscus?2).—Eastern North and South America. Breed- 
ing range probably northern Ungava( Que.); wintersfrom Florida and the West Indies south to northern 
Brazil;in migration regularly on the Atlantic coast, and occasionallyin Illincis, Indiana, and Ontario; 
accidentalin Greenland, Idaho, Bermuda, Great Britain, France,and Denmark. 
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus scolopaceus 23)—Western North America and South 
America. Breedsfrom Point Barrow to mouth ofthe Yukon, east to northwestein Mackenzie(N. W. T.); 
wintersfrom Louisiana, Florida,and Mexico south probably to South America :in migration mostabundant 
in the western Mississippi Valley; casualon the Atlantic coast from Maine scuthwaid the West Indies, 
Japan, and onthe northern coast of eastern Siberia. 
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FIG. 39.—Dowitcher. 
The vernacular names for the sukspecies of dowitcher are hardly separable, and 
considering the continental range of the species none may be considered in general 
use. The book names of these races which were long considered distinct species 
naturally are separable and are so treated here. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—None. i 
— In local use-—Brownback (Me., N. H., Mass., R. I., N. J., Va., Mo.); dormeur 
(sleeper) (La.); dowitcher (also spelled dowitchee, dowiches, and dowits; all these 
terms are traceable to duitsch or deutscher, meaning that this is the Dutch or German 
snipe, to distinguish it from No. 230, the English snipe) (Conn., N. Y., N. J., Va., 
introduced westwardly in Mo., Ark., Tex., Idaho, and Wash.); deutscher (R. I.); 
driver (Mass.); fool plover (R. I.); German snipe (R. I., Long Id., N. Y.); grayback 
(N. J., Md., D. C., Va., N. G., Ind.); gray-backed snipe (Que.); gray snipe (Long Id., 
22 Macrorhamphus griseus griseus. 
23 Macrorhampus griseus scolopaceus, 
