Class II. 



WOODCOCK. 



433 



BILL, long, flender, weak and ftrait. 

 NOSTRILS linear, lodged in a furrow. 

 TONGUE pointed, flender. 

 TOES divided, or very flightly connected, back 

 toe very fmall. 



XXX. SNIPE 



La BeccafTe. Be/on av. 272. 

 Rufticola, feu Perdix ruitica 



major (GrofTer fchnepff). 



Gefner av. 501. 

 Aldr. av. III. 182. 

 Wil. orn. 289. 

 Raii Jyn. av. 104. 

 La Beccafle. Brijfon av. V. 



292. 

 Beccaccia, Acceggia. Zinan. 



101. 

 SchnifFa. Scopoli, No. 134. 



Wald fchnepf. Kram. 351. 

 Frifcb, II. 226. foem. 227. 



Scolopax rufticola. Lin. JyjJ, 

 243. 



Morkulla. Faun. Suec. fp. 

 170. 



Norvegis BIom-Rokke, Rutte, 

 quibufdam Krog-quift. Da- 

 m's Holt Sneppe. Brun- 

 nich, 1 64. 



Br. Zool. 119. 



Fauna Scotica. No. 142. 



78. Wood- 

 cock. 



THESE birds during fummer are inhabitants 

 of the Alps *, of Norway \ Sweden^ Polijh 

 PruJ/ia, the march of Brandenburg f , and the nor- 

 thern parts of Europe : they all retire from thofe 

 countries the beginning of winter, as foon as the 

 frofts commence; which force them into milder 

 climates, where the ground is open, and adapted 

 to their manner of feeding. The time of their 



* Wil. orn. 290. 

 f Frifch, II. 226. 



appear- 



