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GALLINAGO CHATHAMICA FORBES. 



Gallinago chathamica Forbes, Ibis 1893, p. 545. 



EVIDENTLY a species allied to G. fiusilla, but very much larger. 

 Bill three inches long. 

 Habitat : Chatham Islands. 

 Several skulls and a few bones in the Tring Museum. This is a snipe 

 only a little larger than the existing Gallinago aucklandica. 



