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Title: The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895 Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard), 1842-1912, lithographer Hanhart, printer of plates Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI Judd & Company, printer of plates Library of Congress, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Charadriidae Shore birds
Publisher: London Manchester : H. Sotheran & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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pi. 28. figs. 1, 3. 483 Literature. The Great Snipe is the only species of the genus which combines the two characters Specific of predominant colour of four outer tail-feathers on each side pure white, and median wing-coverts broadly tipped with pure tohite. The geographical distribution of the Great Snipe is a very remarkable one, extendingin summer from Scandinavia to the valley of the Yenesay, but in winter confined to thebasin of the Mediterranean and the continent of Africa. The Great Snipe is not evenknown to pass through Turkestan on migration. It breeds in suitable localities throughoutthe basin of the Baltic, and in Scandinavia as far north as lat. 709. To the British Islandsit is only an accidental wanderer on migration, and has occurred in most parts of thecountry, including the Orkneys and Shetlands, but it is not known to have visited Icelandor the Faroes. In the valleys of the Petchora and the Obb it ranges up to lat. 67-^°; but characters. Geographi-cal distrihu-tion.
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in the valley of the Yenesay it does not go further north than lat. 66^°. There is nosatisfactory evidence that it has ever occurred near Lake Baikal or in the valley of theAmoor. It passes through the Caucasus and North Persia on migration, and wintersin suitable localities throughout South Africa, a few remaining in the basin of the Medi-terranean. It crosses the Straits of Gibraltar, though not in great numbers, in springand autumn; but in Malta it is said only to occur on the spring migration. This geographical distribution is specially interesting as affording one of many otherexamples of migratory birds which have extended their breeding-range to a considerabledistance, but, in consequence of their having continued to follow their ancient fly-lines, 3 q2 484 SCOLOPAX. have caused the line of migration to and from their more recently annexed breeding-grounds to be remarkably circuitous.

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