found in the County of Sujjex. C& 



No. 1 10. — The Great Snipe. Scolopax major. 



On the ift of October 1793 * received this bird from a friend. 

 I have no doubt of its being the Scolopax major of Mr. Latham, al- 

 though it was inferior in fize and weight, and differed fomewhat 

 in colour from that Gentleman's defcription ; perhaps mine was a 

 young bird. 



No. 113. — The Red- Godwit. Scolopax lapponka. 



Thefe birds are fometimes found on our fea-coaft in great num- 

 bers. Many years ago, two perfons fired amongft a flock of them, 

 and killed ten : thefe were brought to me, and I made drawings 

 from them; but have not feen one of the fpecies fince. 



No. 115. — The common Godwit. — Scolopax leucophtca* 



I believe this bird is not often met with here. The only one I 

 ever faw, was one that I fhot on the fea-coafl at Bexhill on the 22d 

 of September 1792 ; and I fufpeer. that to have been a young bird, 

 becaufe it was of a very light colour, and its meafurements were 

 far fhort of Mr. Latham's. It was boring into the mud with its 

 bill in fearch of food when I ihot it. 



No. 117. — The Grey Plover. T'ringa Squatarola.. 



This bird is feen on our fea-coafts only in the winter, and then 

 but feldom. I have feen only one, which was killed on the 1 3th 

 of January 1776 by the fea-fide at BexhilL 



No. 1 18. — The Green Sandpiper. 1'ringa Ochropus. 

 The Wood Sandpiper. Tringa Glareo 



la.) 



Thefe birds agree fo nearly in fize, mode of living, and other 

 refpecls, that they are with the greateft probability i'uppofed to 

 be only varieties of the fame fpecies, perhaps male and female. A 



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