. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CHARADRIID^,. 621. THE RED-BREASTED SNIPE. MacrorhAmphus GRfsEUS (J. F. Gmelin). The trivial name of this American species is somewhat unfortu- nate, for the bird does not belong to the Sub-family Scolopacinas, but to the Totaninae, among which it now finds its proper place. Its occurrence in Great Britain was first noticed by Montagu, who described and figured—under the name of Brown Snipe—a bird which was killed in Devon in October of a year prior to 1802, and now in the British Museum. Two or three more specimens are said to have been procure
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CHARADRIID^,. 621. THE RED-BREASTED SNIPE. MacrorhAmphus GRfsEUS (J. F. Gmelin). The trivial name of this American species is somewhat unfortu- nate, for the bird does not belong to the Sub-family Scolopacinas, but to the Totaninae, among which it now finds its proper place. Its occurrence in Great Britain was first noticed by Montagu, who described and figured—under the name of Brown Snipe—a bird which was killed in Devon in October of a year prior to 1802, and now in the British Museum. Two or three more specimens are said to have been procured in the above county, and one has been shot in the Scilly Islands; Middlesex has produced two, Norfolk three, Lincolnshire one (on August 15th 1882), Lancashire one (now in the Preston Museum), and another in September 1891 ; while on the Cumberland side of the Solway a young bird, afterwards in Hey- sham's collection, was taken on September 25th 1835. All these were obtained in autumn. In Scotland, a young bird (now in the Edinburgh Museum), was shot near Largo, Fifeshire, in Set>tember 1867; a correctly identified example is said to have been killed in Lanarkshire ; and on September 2nd 1891 one was obtained in Argyll. In Ireland, in 1893, an immature female was shot on September 29th in Queen's County, and an adult female on October i ith in co. Tipperary. On the mainland of Europe the Red-breasted Snipe has been found in Denmark, Picardy and Normandyj while on the other side. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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