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Definition of Gallinago media
1. Noun. Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe.
Group relationships: Capella, Gallinago, Genus Capella, Genus Gallinago
Generic synonyms: Snipe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallinago Media
Literary usage of Gallinago media
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Gallinago media (p.). aa. Smaller, with much smaller feet (tarsus 27.5-33.5,
middle toe, without claw, 28-32.5); exposed culmen longer than middle toe with ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"Gallinago major versus Gallinago media. — In 'The Auk,' for April, 1897, ...
228) ax also Gallinago media Gerini (Orn. Meth. Dig., 1773. ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"The COMMON S. (S. gallinago, or Gallinago media) is about 11 inches in entire
length, the bill almost 3 inches. The sexes are alike in plumage, ..."
4. The Malayan Peninsula: Embracing Its History, Manners and Customs of the by Peter James Begbie (1834)
"... or Common sand lark— Gallinago media, or Common snipe—the Gallinago media, or
Scolopax gallinula Lin. the Jack snipe —the Scolopax Sinensis, or Chinese, ..."
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