^I’der  Vi  j 
grallji:. 
Family  HI.  Scolopach)^':- 
fifth 
Subfamily, 
SCOLOPAClNiE,  or  Snipes, 
the  Bill  long,  straight,  rather  slender,  compressed  on  the  sides,  and  rather  depressed,  and  turned 
^®ar  the  tip,  which  is  obtuse  and  bent  over  that  of  the  lower  mandible ; the  nostrils  placed  in  a 
longitudinal  groove  with  the  opening  linear,  and  covered  by  a membrane ; the  Wings  moderate 
narr, 
and 
pointed ; the  Tail  short  and  rounded ; the  Tarsi  more  or  less  long,  and  covered  in  front  with 
to  I'^ansverse  scales  ; the  Toes  long,  rather  slender,  with  the  hind  toe  short,  elevated,  and  reaching 
Harrow 
the 
ground. 
m lou 
Macroramphus  Leach.* 
o^sal  straight,  and  laterally  grooved  to  near  the  tip,  which  is  dilated  and  obtuse ; the  nostrils 
''vitfi  placed  in  the  groove,  with  the  opening  oblong  and  exposed.  Wings  long  and  pointed, 
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llie  first 
and  second  quills  equal  and  longest.  Tail  short  and  slightly  rounded.  Tarsi  rather 
half 
Ofi 
gor  than  the  middle  toe,  and  covered  in  front  with  narrow  transverse  scales ; the  apical 
aiirl  of  plumes.  Toes  moderate  and  slender,  with  the  lateral  toes  margined  on  the  sides, 
the  middle  one,  especially  the  outer,  in  which  the  union  extends  to  the  first  joint;  the 
^ Hevated  and  short. 
This  uii 
species  is  found  in  Europe  and  North  America,  where  it  lives  in  compact  flocks,  and  frequents  the 
in  11^  ^^^'ghhourhood  of  the  sea,  sand  bars,  and  mud  flats  at  low  water  in  search  of  its  food,  which  consists  of 
% '^®cous  animals.  They  fly  very  rapidly,  sometimes,  observes  Wilson,  wheeling,  coursing,  and  doubling  along 
^ hin(}  the  marshes,  then  shooting  high  into  the  air,  and  there  separating  and  fonning  in  various  bodies,  uttering 
Tuvering  whistle. 
tiovej)  Leach,  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  58.  f.  1.  — Sco- 
•■scensis  Omel. ; S.  Paykullii  A^i/s. ; S.  leucophaea 
Vieill.-,  Limosa  scolopacea  Aaji,  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  323.,  Audub. 
B.  of  Amer.  pi.  335.,  Pr.  Bonap.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  23.  f.  3. 
tir 
^ill  lu 
Gallinago  Leach. ^ 
'III  1q^ 
straight,  grooved,  and  compressed  on  the  sides,  and  the  culmen  rather  depressed  near  the 
obtuse,  and  curved  over  that  of  the  lower  mandible  ; the  nostrils  basal,  placed  in  the 
f Vi  T 
cstal^T  ^ 18l6  {CataL  of  British  Birds'),  Lymiiodromus  of  the  Prince  of  Neuwied  is  synonymous. 
division  in  1816  (CntaL  of  British  Birds).  I suspect  the  species  form  the  first  division  of  ot 
^ohnatias  of  M.  Boie  (1820),  and  Asc(dopa.v  of  Count  Keyserling  and  Dr.  Blasius  (1840)  arc  synonymous. 
