128 Mr. H. Seebohm on the Genus Scolopax. 
4. Scolopax rochusseni. 
The Moluccan Woodcock is confined to the small group 
of islands the name of which it bears, whither it probably 
emigrated from Japan. It is larger than our bird, and though 
its primaries are barred, it has no bars on the breast or 
under tail-coverts. 
5. Scolopax rosenbergi. 
The Papuan Woodcock is a resident in New Guinea. It 
resembles the Javan Woodcock in being smaller than our 
bird, with a longer bill and unbarred primaries, but it 
resembles our bird as well as the Moluccan species in having 
the first and second primaries nearly equal in length. 
These five species may fairly be regarded as forming a 
subgeneric group to which the name of Woodcocks may be 
applied. They seem to be more nearly related to each other 
than to any of the other species in the genus, though the 
next group presents so many points of similarity that the 
homogeneous character of the genus Scolopax is well pre¬ 
served. 
The Snipes which are most nearly allied to the Woodcocks 
are presumably the seven species which have the tibia feathered 
almost to the joint of the tarsus. They further resemble the 
Woodcocks iu having the claw of the hind toe remarkably 
small, and the base of the bill remarkably deep, though 
neither of these characters are capable of very clear defini¬ 
tion. It is necessary to coin a name for this group of seven 
species, and I propose to call them Semi-Woodcocks. 
6 . Scolopax nemoricola. 
The Wood-Snipe appears to be entirely confined to India 
and Burma, breeding at high elevations in the Himalayas 
from Nepal to Assam, migrating in autumn to winter in 
hilly districts further south in those countries. The nearest 
allies of this species are, strange to say, S. jamesoni and 
S. imperialis from the American Andes. The three species 
have the whole of the underparts profusely barred, and the 
outer web of the first primary plain brown like the inner 
