. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 492 SCOLOPAX. It is unquestionably very nearly allied to Jameson's Snipe, but will probably be found to bo specifically distinct from that SCOLOPAX UNDULATA. CAYENNE GIANT SNIPE. Diagnosis. Scolopax pileo in longitudinem striato : primariarum pogoniis internis fasciatis. "Variations. SOUTHERN examples are, on an average, so much larger that they may fairly be regarded as subspecifically distinct. Synonymy. Scolopax undulata, Boddaert, Table PL Enl. p. 54
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 492 SCOLOPAX. It is unquestionably very nearly allied to Jameson's Snipe, but will probably be found to bo specifically distinct from that SCOLOPAX UNDULATA. CAYENNE GIANT SNIPE. Diagnosis. Scolopax pileo in longitudinem striato : primariarum pogoniis internis fasciatis. "Variations. SOUTHERN examples are, on an average, so much larger that they may fairly be regarded as subspecifically distinct. Synonymy. Scolopax undulata, Boddaert, Table PL Enl. p. 54 (1783). Scolopax paludosa, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 661 (1788). Homoptilura undulata [Bodd.), Gray, List Gen. Birds, p. 70 (1810). Gallinago undulata {Bodd.), Gray, Genera of Birds, ill. p. 553 (1846). Xylocota paludosa [Gmel.), Bonap. Compt. Rend. xli. p. 660 (1855). Gallinago paludosa {Gmel.), Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Scol. p. 8 (1804). Literature. Plates.—Daub. PI. Enl. no. 895. Habits.—Buffon, Hist. Nat. des Ois. vii. p. 481. Eggs.— 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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