. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 484 SCOLOPAX. have caused the line of migration to and from their more recently annexed breeding- grounds to be remarkably ^.-~ ^^^J , ^^â SCOLOPAX GALLINAGO. COMMON SNIPE. Diagnosis. Variations. Synonymy. ScoLOPAX rectricibus quatuordecim aut sedecim^ quarum externse vix attenuatse (lat. 8 ad 10 millim.) et vix albo notatae sunt: rostro medio (long. 60 ad 75 millim.) : tibiarum parte extreme (circ. 10 millim.) denudata. The Common Snipe is a very variab
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 484 SCOLOPAX. have caused the line of migration to and from their more recently annexed breeding- grounds to be remarkably ^.-~ ^^^J , ^^â SCOLOPAX GALLINAGO. COMMON SNIPE. Diagnosis. Variations. Synonymy. ScoLOPAX rectricibus quatuordecim aut sedecim^ quarum externse vix attenuatse (lat. 8 ad 10 millim.) et vix albo notatae sunt: rostro medio (long. 60 ad 75 millim.) : tibiarum parte extreme (circ. 10 millim.) denudata. The Common Snipe is a very variable species, as will hereafter appear, when it is compared with the North-American Snipe, which may fairly be regarded as only subspecifically distinct from it. In addition to these variations, the Common Snipe is also subject to other variations of a more abnormal character. As is probably the case with nearly every species of bird, white or cream-coloured varieties are occasionally met with. Sabine's Snipe appears to be a partial melanism; and Brehm's Snipe has the outer tail-feathers elongated, so as to be as long or even longer than the central ones. These peculiarities are generally regarded as monstrosities, and are not known to be distinctive of the Snipes of any special locality ; but there can be little doubt that, like many other diseases, they are more or less hereditary. Scolopax gallinago, Hnneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 1-17 (1758); Brisson, Orn. v. p. 298 (1760) ; Linn. ^. 244 (1766). Scolopax coelestis, Frenzel, Beschr. Vog. u. Eier Wiitenb. p. 58 (1801). Scolopax sakhalina, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iii. p. 359 (1817).. 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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