1. GaLLIKAGO ■WILSONt.
A C „ ,in in E u ird 's B ird . N . Am. p. 710 i Dros.or,
S " ; S j i b i i i S p’k ' “ ''- ft S "> « -Up .z ,s . i s o i,
"’V S Y llt
T h is is th e o n ly t r u e Snipe y e t m e t w ith in America n o rth o f Panama
o th e r spemes o f th e New W o rld by th o e x te rn a lp a ir o f ta il-fe ath ers, w hich i
a s m th e Eu ro p ea n species G. ,m jo r a n d G. scoZo^/acina.
2. Gallinago PAiiAQUATa;.
B e c a s s im prima, Aza ra , A p u n t. iii. p. 271, no. 3S7. Scolopac
M e th , p. IIGO: H a r tl. In d . A z. p. 2 4 : Darwin, Zool. Vo-
b ehlegel, Mus. d e P . B. ScoZopacey, p. 1 1 ; Sclater, P.Z.S '
I t is a t onco d istinguishablo from every
.■e n o t a tten u a te d , b u t of tho o rd in ary form,
Í®, Vieill N, D. iii. p. 131, e t Enc.
131. Gallinago paraguaya,
H a b . Pa rag u a y (A za ra ) ■. Ch d i (Le yb o ld ) : Bolivia (Brid yo s in Mu s. S.-G.)
ScUegel in k e e p iig tliem a p .r t. Tho dilìereMesrp'p'ea'r"to c m i T k tL ' f a m T t i r e , ’i™ . l “ 1 js , a n d n a rrow er an d
mo re poin ted o u te r rc c tn e e a o f th e p re s e n t bird. ^
3. G.vllinago fren ata.
-Bacam»« iii. p. 275, no, 38tS. Scolopax fr e n a la . Max , Be itr. iv. p. 7 1 2 : Cab. in
b S ; ii’ f : S.vst. Uob. iii. p. 377, e t La Plata-
GonM 7 n f e R f f o ? A“ » * ’ P" ’ Scolopax (Teh ia tia s) magellanicus,
Gould, Zool, Beagle 111. p. 18 L. Galhnago mayellamca, Scl. P.Z, S. ISGO. p. 3S7. Scolopax IrasiUensk,
S gO p Ì5 6 Galhnago fr e n a ta , Schlegel. M u s. de P . B. Scolopaces, p. 9 : Scl. e t Salv. P.Z.S.
H a b . G a ian a (Schomburgk) : S. E. BrazU (M a x e t Bu rm e iste r) : E. P e ru (Tseh.) : P a rag u ay (Az ara ) ■ La
P la ta (.B um .) : U ru g u a y (Dn ru ji« ): F a lk la n d Isla n d s (Eacile). /
b ird s (P.Z.S. 1SC8, p. 144) we have rema rk ed th a t Scolopax fr e n a ta of
Lich tenB tem (Dqubl. p .7 o ) IS baaed u pon A zara’s .Bee/winifi p rima, a n d is th e re fo re m erely a svnouyni o{ Scolopax
p a r a g m y a o i f i e J d o t . Tu is is c ertain ly th o ease i f we tak e L ic h ten s te in ’s referen c e to A z a ra (No . 387) as lite rfllv
c o rrec t. B u t as L ic h ten s te in gives n o de scrip tio n o f S . fr e n a ta , we may also ad o p t th e view th a t th is name ¿ f
Illig e i ns h r s t p ro p e rly c h arac teriz ed by P rin c e Ma s. an d is th e re fo re to b e applied to th e p re s e n t species, if d istin ct
from th e preceding.
Ueb. iii. p. 37G. Gallinago gigantea, Scblegel, Mu s, d. P . B.
. Berol.
4. Gallinago no b il is— (tab. xcviii.).
Ha b . lu t , o f New Granada.
5. G allinago undulata.
B eoas sedes ^^n ^n n e s de Cayenne, Buff. PI. E n l, 895, u n d e Scolopax undulata, Bodd. Scolopax paludosa, Gm.
-Hoè Cay enne Mu s. de P . B. Scolopaces, p . 8.
6. G allinago gigantea.
Scolopax gigantea, Temm. PI, Col. 40 3 : B u rm . S'
Scolopaces, p. 8. Scolopax lacunosa. 111, iu Í
Ha b . Prov. o f Goyaz, Bra zil (N a tte re r).
The g r e a t size o f th is b ird ren d e rs i t q u ite u nmis take able. One o f N a t te r e r ’s specimens (in Mu s. S. & G I has
fo u rte e n rec trice s only, which is tb e n um b e r a ttr ib u te d b y Scblegel (with some do u b t) to th is species.
7 . Gallinago siEicKLANni.
Gallinago strick la n d i, G. R, Gray, Voy, Ereb. a n d T erro r, t. 23, a n d Cat, Grallie, p. 112. S co h n a x meri,
dionea» Zool. U S. Expl, E x p . B ird s, p, 2 2 9 ; Cassin, ibid. ed. ii. p. 310, t. 35, f. 1 i fecoZona»
spectabilis, H a r tl, Naum . 18o3, p. 21G.
VaTdivia ( á i 7 S ' Magellan (L y n n Museum) :
Schlegel h a s u n ite d th is Sn ipe to Gallinago undulata, b u t i t is certain ly q u ite d istin c t, h aving th e ta rs i fea th ered
down to th e jo in t, a u d tb e body below very ru fe scen t a n d much less stro n g ly marked. Besides th e ty n e in th o British
Mu seum balvin has examined a specimen in th e Museum a t K in g ’s L y n n . D r. F in s ch has k in d ly re-examined for us
th e ty p e o f S e o h p a x spectabdis, o f H a rtla u b , an d agrees w ith us in considering i t id en tic al with G. stricklandi.
8 . G allinago jamesoni.
Ny locotta jamesoni. B p . C. R . xli. p. 6 6 0 : Gallinago — ? Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, p, 82.
H a h . Ecu ad o r, n e a r Q u ito (Jameson) ; Pan z a, Chimborazo (Fraser).
W e have a single specimen o f th is Snipe, kiü ed b y F r a s e r on th e slope o f Chimborazo, an d agreein"' tolerably
well w ith B o n a p a rte s d e scrip tio n . I t belongs to th e section w ith th e ta rs i n e arly completely fea th ered , an d is we
b elieve, q u ite a d is tin c t species. I t may be d istinguished from th e p recediug by h aving th e middle of the’ bellv white
a n d by th e s tro n g cross ma rk in g s on th e flanks an d crissum. ^ ’