Monte Video, Rio Plata. Frequents swamps; habits like the Scolopax Gallinago.
1. Scolopax (Telmatias) Paraguaiæ. Vieill.
Scolopax Paraguai, Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 1160.
—— Brasiliensis, Swains, Faun. Bor. Am. Birds, p. 400.
Becassine 1st Espece, Azara.
Valparaiso and Maldonado, Rio Plata.
2. Scolopax (Telmetias) Magellanicus. King.
Scolopax Magellanicus, King, Zool. Journ.
My specimens were obtained from Maldonado and East Falkland Island. Flight a very little less irregular and rapid than the English snipe. I several times in May observed this, as well as the foregoing species, flying in lofty circles, and suddenly stooping downwards, at the same time that it uttered a peculiar drumming noise, similar to that made by the English snipe in summer, when breeding. This species is most closely allied to the foregoing, but I have no doubt it is distinct; because at the time when I procured specimens of both at Maldonado, I perceived a difference between them. This species is there more abundant than the S. Paraguaiæ. Its beak is nearly three-tenths of an inch shorter, and the culmen rather broader. The plumage of its back is of a decidedly less dark tint; each separate feather having much less black in it.