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PR.ECOCIAL G-RALLATORES — LIMICOLiE. 
Macrorhamphus griseus. 
a. Griseus. THE GRAY SNIPE; GRAY-BACK; DOWITCHER. 
Scolopax grisea, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 658 (based on tlie Brown Snipe of Pennant and Latham). 
Macrorhamphus griseus, Leach, Cat. Brit. Mus. 1816, 31. — Cassin in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 712. 
— Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 524. — Codes, Key, 1872, 253 ; Check List, 1873, no. 415; 
2d ed. 1882, no. 609 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 476. — Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 527. 
Scolopax novcboracensis, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 658 (based on the Becl-breasted Snipe of Pennant and 
Latham). — Wils. Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 45, pi. 58, fig. 1. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 
398. — Aud. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 288, pi. 399; Synop. 1839, 249 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 10, 
pi. 351. 
Scolopax ( Macrorhamphus ) grisea, Bonar. Synop. 1828, 330. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 181. 
Scolopax Paykullii, Nilss. Orn. Suec. II. 106. 
Totanus ferrugineicollis, Vieill. Enc. Meth. III. 1823, 1099 (based on the Red-breasted Snipe of 
Pennant and Latham). 
Hab. Atlantic coast of North America (breeding in the region about Hudson’s Bay ?). 
Sp. Char. About the size of Gallinago Wilsoni. Shaft of first primary strong, pure white ; 
axillars, tail-coverts, and lower part of rump white, barred, or transversely spotted, with slate- 
color ; upper part of rump white, usually immaculate ; tail slate-colored or dusky, barred with 
white (or, in summer adult, with pale cinnamon on middle feathers). Adult in summer : Head, 
neck, and more or less of lower parts, light cinnamon, the abdomen whitish, breast and sides 
speckled with dusky, the head and neck streaked with the same ; upper parts mixed black, light 
cinnamon, and white, the first prevailing. Winter plumage: Belly and anal region white, usually 
unmarked ; rest of plumage nearly uniform ash-gray, somewhat mixed with white on breast and 
sides ; a whitish superciliary stripe, and wing-coverts bordered with white. Young : Back, scapu- 
lars, and tertials, varied with black and light clay-brown, the latter chiefly on edges of the feathers ; 
lower parts dull whitish, soiled with dull buff or clay-color, especially across breast, the jugulum 
and sides usually indistinctly speckled with dusky. “ Bill dark olive ; iris reddish hazel ; feet 
light yellowish olive ; claws black” (Audubon). 
Wing, 5.25-5.90 (5.65) ; culmen, 2.00-2.55 (2.30) ; tarsus, 1.20-1.55 (1.35) ; middle toe, .90- 
1.05 (.95). 
b. Scolopaceus. THE RED-BELLIED SNIPE; GREATER LONG-BEAK. 
Limosa scolopacea, Say, Long’s Exped. II. 1823, 170. 
Macrorhamphus scolopacctis, Lawiu Ann. Lyc. N. Y. V. 1852, 4, pi. 1 (Long Island). — Cass, in 
Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 712. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 525. 
Macrorhamphus griseus, var. scolopaceus, Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 415«. 
Scolopax longirostris, Bell, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. V. 1852, 3. 
Macrorhamphus griseus (part), Coues, Key, 1872, 253; B. N. W. 1874, 476. 
M. griseus, summer plumage. 
