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PRJ3C0CIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOLJS. 
with pale buff ; lining of the wing and sides of the body beneath, sharply barred with slate-color 
on a pure white ground. 
1. G. ccelestis. Tail-feathers usually 14. Wing, 5.00-5.30 ; culmen, 2.80-3.00 ; tarsus 
1.25-1.45 ; middle toe, 1.15-1.40. Hah. Palsearctic Region, occasional in Greenland, 
accidental in the Bermudas. 
2. G. Wilsoni. Tail-feathers usually 16. Wing, 4.90-5.30 ; culmen, 2.50-2.70 ; tarsus, 
1.20-1.30 ; middle toe, 1,10-1.35. Hab. North America, South to Middle America in 
winter. 
G-allinago Wilsoni. 
THE AMERICAN, OR WILSON’S, SNIPE. 
Scolopax Gallinago, Wilson, Am. Orn. VI. 1812, 18, pi. 47, f. 1 (nec Linn.). 
Scolopax Wilsoni, Temm. PI. Col. V. 1824, livr. lxviii. (in text). — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 
401. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 185. — Aun. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 322 ; V. 1839, 583, pi. 243; 
Synop. 1839, 248, B. Am. V. 1842,. 339, pi. 350. 
Gallinago Wilsoni, Bonat. Comp. List, 1838, 52 . — Cassin, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 710. — 
Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1853, no. 523. — Coues, Key, 1872, 262 ; Check List, 1873, no. 414 ; 
2d ed. 1882, no. 608 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 475. 
Gallinago gallinaria, var. Wilsoni, Ridgw. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. X. 1874, 383. 
Gallinago media Wilsoni, Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 526a. 
Scolopax dclicatula, Oed, ed. Wils. IX. 1825, 218. 
Scolopax Drummondi, Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 400. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 190 . — Aud. 
Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 319 ; Synop. 1839, 249 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 9. 
Scolopax Douglasii, Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 400. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 191. 
? Scolopax Icucurus, Sw. & Rich. t. c. 501. — Nutt. t. c. 617. 
Hab. The whole of North and Middle America, breeding from Northern United States north- 
ward, migrating south in winter as far as New Granada ; throughout the West Indies ; Bermuda ; 
accidental in England. 
Sp. Char. Bill long, compressed, flattened and slightly expanded toward the tip, punctulated 
in its terminal half ; wings rather long ; legs moderate ; tail short. Entire upper parts brownish 
black ; every feather spotted and widely edged with light rufous, yellowish brown, or ashy white ; 
back and rump transversely barred and spotted with the same ; a line from the base of the bill 
over the top of the head. Throat and neck before, dull reddish ashy ; wing-feather marked with 
dull brownish black ; other under parts white, with transverse bars of brownish black on the sides, 
axillary feathers, under wing-coverts, and under tail-coverts ; quills brownish black ; outer edge 
of first primary white ; tail glossy brownish black, widely tipped with bright rufous, paler at the 
tip, and with a sub-terminal narrow band of black ; outer feathers of tail paler, frequently nearly 
