078 A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in Scandinavia and Central 

 Europe to Pyrenees, Alpine Regions, north Italy, Montenegro, 

 western Asia to Siberia. Migrates to Mediterranean, Madeira, 

 Canaries, Azores, N. Africa into Sahara, once Gambia, in E. Africa 

 to Mombasa, once Seychelles ; in great numbers in India in winter, 

 north to Malayan Is. Replaced by allied subspecies in Iceland and 

 Fseroes, in tropical Africa, in N. America and by a somewhat doubt- 

 ful one requiring further study (C. g. raddei) in north-east Asia, 

 to which would belong migrants in Japan, Borneo, Philippines, 

 east China. (Reported by error from Nyassaland, one in British 

 Museum labelled Bat j an probably also erroneous, not mentioned 

 by Gray in list of collection.) 



430. Capella gallinago faeroeensis (Brehm). — THE FiEROE SNIPE. 



Telmatias Faeroeensis Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl., p. CI 7 



(1831-Fseroe). 



Gallinago russata Gould, B. Great Britain, iv, text to Plate 79 (1863— 



Dartmoor). 



Description. — Adult male and female. Winter and summer. — Nape 

 and edges to feathers of mantle and scapulars redder than in 

 C. g. gallinago ; mantle, scapulars and innermost secondaries more 

 plentifully vermiculated redder tawny ; black-brown streaks on 

 sides of throat hardly indicated or absent ; upper-breast and sides 

 of body rather deeper pinkish-buff ; flanks pinkish -buff barred 

 black-brown. 



Nestling. — (Not examined.) 



Juvenile. — Like adult but rufous stripes on mantle and scapu- 

 lars slightly narrower but not paler ; differing markedly from 

 juvenile C. g. gallinago by its much more rufous upper -parts, 

 upper-breast and wing-coverts. 



Measurements and structure. — $ wing 132-143 mm., bill from 

 feathers 60-70 (7 measured). ? wing 133-144, bill 66-73 (6 mea- 

 sured). Other structure as in C. g. gallinago. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Winter-visitor. Specimens have 

 been examined from Donegal, Mayo, Devon, Cornwall, Tiree, and 

 Ross-shire, dated from August 24 to Feb. 6. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Fseroes and Iceland. 



Genus LYMNOCRYPTES Kaup 



Lymnocryptes Kaup, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. und nat. Syst., p. 118 (1829 

 — Monotype L. gallinula — minima). 



Generally similar to Capella, but differs as follows : Consider- 

 ably smaller ; outer (not elongated) secondaries not rounded but 

 pointed ; tail cuneate, middle rectrices much longer than rest 

 and pointed ; number of rectrices only 12 ; bill at base compara- 

 tively much higher, in middle very narrow. Sternum on each side 

 with two incisures, syrinx very different and other anatomical dis- 

 tinctions. Metallic green stripes on back. One species only. 



