. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 344 LIMICOL^. 349. SCOLOPAX GALLINULA. (JACK SNIPE.) Scolopax galUnula, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 244 (1766). The Jack Snipe is the smallest of all the Japanese Snipes (wing from carpal joint 4 to 4"3 inches). It has a purple gloss on its mantle^ and metallic green on the inside wehs of its -^hM-^ Scolopax gallinula. Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 544. The Jack Snipe passes the Japanese coasts on its spring and autumn migrations. It has been procured at Hakodadi on the 3rd of October (Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 206); and th
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 344 LIMICOL^. 349. SCOLOPAX GALLINULA. (JACK SNIPE.) Scolopax galUnula, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 244 (1766). The Jack Snipe is the smallest of all the Japanese Snipes (wing from carpal joint 4 to 4"3 inches). It has a purple gloss on its mantle^ and metallic green on the inside wehs of its -^hM-^ Scolopax gallinula. Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 544. The Jack Snipe passes the Japanese coasts on its spring and autumn migrations. It has been procured at Hakodadi on the 3rd of October (Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 206); and there are five examples in the Pryer collection from Tfekohama. I have also three examples ob- tained by Mr. Owston in Yokohama, one of them in November. The Jack Snipe is a regular winter visitor to the British Islands, and doubtless breeds across the Arctic Regions of the Old World, though it has not been recorded in Siberia east of the Taimur 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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