. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 34,6 LIMICOLjE. 351. SCOLOPAX GALLINAGO. (COMMON SNIPE.) Seolopax gallinago, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 244 (1766).- The Common Snipe is a medium-sized bird (wing from carpal joint about 5 inches). It has 14 tail-feathers, of which none are less than "4 inch broad. Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, 542, , ^"- Scohpax galhnago. The Common Snipe is abundant in Japan, but I can find no evidence that it breeds there. It has occurred on the Kurile Islands (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 114); there are three
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 34,6 LIMICOLjE. 351. SCOLOPAX GALLINAGO. (COMMON SNIPE.) Seolopax gallinago, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 244 (1766).- The Common Snipe is a medium-sized bird (wing from carpal joint about 5 inches). It has 14 tail-feathers, of which none are less than "4 inch broad. Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, 542, , ^"- Scohpax galhnago. The Common Snipe is abundant in Japan, but I can find no evidence that it breeds there. It has occurred on the Kurile Islands (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 114); there are three examples in the Swinhoe collection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 163); and eight in the Pryer collection from Yokohama, whence I have also four examples collected by Mr. Snow in September, January, and April. The examples obtained by the Siebold Expedition were doubtless procured near Nagasaki (Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 112). The Common Snipe is a circumpolar bird, but American examples differ from those of the Old World. It breeds in the British Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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