. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. SCOLOPAX. 477 The Japanese Solitary Snipe breeds in Northern Japan, and probably in South-eastern Geographi- Siberia as far east as Lake Baikal. It winters in China, though a few remain all the year tion. round in Yezzo. It has hitherto been generally confounded with the preceding species, the synonymy of the two forms being still more confused. The Scolopax hyemalis of Eversmann (Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1845, p. 257, pi. vi.), from the Altai Mountains, is unquestionably th
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. SCOLOPAX. 477 The Japanese Solitary Snipe breeds in Northern Japan, and probably in South-eastern Geographi- Siberia as far east as Lake Baikal. It winters in China, though a few remain all the year tion. round in Yezzo. It has hitherto been generally confounded with the preceding species, the synonymy of the two forms being still more confused. The Scolopax hyemalis of Eversmann (Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1845, p. 257, pi. vi.), from the Altai Mountains, is unquestionably the Himalayan bird. The Gallinago japonica of Bonaparte (Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 715) is apparently a nomen nudum without description of any kind, and may be any of the half-dozen Snipes of Japan; it therefore must be allowed to drop altogether out of the synonymy, leaving the coast perfectly clear for the adoption of Swinhoe's GalUnago japonica (Ibis, 1873, p. 364), of which the type is now in ray SCOLOPAX STENURA. PINTAIL SNIPK ScoLOPAX rectricihus viginti-sex, quarum sedecim aiigiistissimse sunt (2 ad 4 millim.). Diagnosis. No local races of this species are known, though of course it varies with age and season. Vari 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 : H. Sotheran
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