SCOLOPACIN^. SCOLOPAX. 
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Scolopax Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 330. 
Snipe, Scolopax Gallinago, WiLs. Amer, Orn. v. vi. p. 18, 
Scolopax Wilsonii, Wilson’s Snipe, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer, v. ii, p. 401. 
Wilson’s Snipe, Nutt. Man, v. ii. p. 185. 
American Snipe, Scolopax Wilsonii, Auu. Orn. Biog. v. iii» P* 322 i v.'v. p, 583, 
352. 2. Scolopax Drummondii, Swains, Drummond's Snipe. 
Not figured. 
‘‘ Dorsal plumage and wings mostly brownish-black ; the top of the 
headj scapulars^ interscapulars^ intermediate coverts, posterior greater 
ones, and tertiaries, reflecting green and mottled, or barred with yel- 
lowish-brown ; this colour also forming stripes from the forehead to 
the nape, over the eyes to the sides of the neck, and more broadly on 
the exterior edges of the scapulars and interscapulars ; middle dorsal 
plumage and first quill fringed with white, and most of the wing-co- 
verts and lesser quills tipped with the same. Shafts of the primaries 
deep brown, an inch of the first near its point whitish. Rump andHail- 
coverts rich greenish-black, with reddish-orange or ferruginous ends, 
crossed by a blackish subterminal line, and tipped with white ; the 
three exterior pairs barred externally with clove-brown and brownish- 
white, the white tips broader; the two intermediate pairs coloured 
nearly like the middle ones, but partly barred and tipped with white. 
Under plumage, a dark brown stripe on the lores, another under the 
ear ; sides of the head, front of the neck, and breast pale wood-brown, 
with central spots of dark umber ; the flanks, insides of the wings, 
and under tail-coverts barred with black and white, which on the lat- 
^r is tinged with brown ; belly white ; bill blackish towards its tip, 
dark wood-brown at the base. Length wing 6|. 
Fur Countries to Lat. 55°, Rocky Mountains.” 
Scolopax Drummondii, Drummond’s Snipe, Swains, & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v, ii, 
p. 400. 
Drummond’s Snipe, Scolopax Drummondii, Auu. Om, Biog. v. v. p. 319. 
353. 3. Scolopax Noveboracensis, Gmel. Red-breasted 
Snipe. 
Plate CCCXXXV. Adult in summer and winter. 
Tail of twelve feathers ; bill dark olive ; feet light yellowish-olive. In 
summer, the upper parts brownish-black, variegated with light brown- 
ish-red, the feathers being margined and the scapulars obliquely bar- 
red with that colour ; hind part of back, upper tail-coverts, and tail- 
feathers light bufip or white, barred with black, the bars on the tail 
seven or eight, and its tip white ; wing-coverts and secondaries grey- 
ish-brown, margined with greyish-white ; secondary coverts tipped 
with white, the quills tipped and obliquely banded with the same ; 
alula, primary coverts, and quills brownish-black, the shaft of the first 
quill white ; from the base of the bill to the eye, and surrounding it, a 
