_Scolopax Gallinago_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 147.
(Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.)
_Capella gallinago roddei_ Takatsukasa and Yamashina, Dobutsu.
Zasshi, 44, 1932, p. 224 (Saipan).
_Capella gallinago gallinago_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev.,
1932, p. 193 (Saipan); Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p.
216 (Saipan).
_Gallinago gallinago_ Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 44
(Saipan).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northern Eurasia. Winters in
southern part of breeding range and south to Africa and east to
Malaysia. In Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Saipan.
_Remarks._--From Micronesia there is a single record of the taking of
this bird at Saipan, apparently by Japanese collectors. It is probably
an occasional straggler to the area, but owing to its similarity to
_Gallinago megala_ it may not often be recognized in the field.
=Crocethia alba= (Pallas)