Here are the thirteen Common Snipe (Gallinago
gallinago) study skins I photographed at the British
Museum of Natural History at Tring, Hertfordshire:-
-and here are the data on them:
01) "Shetland", Aug 1965; specimen #M.3340
02) "Inland" UK, Aug 1896; #1.1.147
03) Gibralter, Jan 1872; #10-3-35
04) Norway, Aug 1934; #1.1.2403
05) "Rocky Mtns", 1863; #1-7-323
06) Canada, 1896; #1-1-181
07) Corpus Christi, Texas, Nov 1891; #10.20.530
08) Suffolk, UK, Aug 1941; #5-30-2100
09) Hampshire, UK, Nov 1949; #59-1 - labelled as "sabini"
10) Donegal, Ireland, 1864; #1-28-2
11) Lancashire, UK, Aug 1914; #10-8-33
12) Scotland, 1891 #10-5.646
13) "Grimsey Marsh" UK, Nov 1919 312-10-706
NOTE: specimens 5, 6, & 7 were taken from the trays
labelled "delicata" (100+ specimens present);
the rest were from trays labelled "gallinago"
(600+ specimens present, including a few fareoensis).
Here are a series of images of these specimens, comparing the
secondary tips (to see comparisons of some underwings, axillaries,
tail feathers, and tertials, click here):-
Bird 02) - gallinago :
Bird 03) - gallinago :
Bird 05) - delicata :
Bird 06) - delicata :
Bird 07) - delicata :
Bird 08) - gallinago :
Bird 09) - gallinago :
Bird 11) - gallinago :
Bird 12) - gallinago :
Bird 13) - gallinago :
