450 G R E A T S N I P E. Class II. 



with black and yellow: thcquil-feathers are dufky, 

 but the edge of the fir 11 is white, as are the tips 

 of the fecondaiy feathers : the quil-feathers next 

 the back arc barred with black and pale red : the 

 brcaft and belly are white: the coverts of the tail 

 are long, and almoft cover it: they are of a reddifh 

 brown color. The tail confifts of fourteen feathers ; 

 black on their lower part, then crofitd with a 

 broad bar of deep orange, another narrow one of 

 black ; and the ends white, or pale orange. The 

 vent feathers a dull yellow ; the legs pale green : 

 the toes divided to their origin. 



I8S Sn?*e* AT T^ HIS fc ™ is rarel y found ifl England. A 

 fine fpecimen, (hot in Lancajhire, is pre- 

 ferved in the Mufeum of Afoton Lever^ Efq. 



The weight eight ounces. The head divided 

 lengthways by a teftaceous line, bounded on each 

 fide by another of black : above and beneath each 

 eye is another : neck and bread of a yellowifb" 

 white, finely marked with femicircular lines of 

 black : belly, with cordated fpots : fides undulated 

 with black. 



Back, coverts of wings, and fcapulars teftace- 

 ous, fpotted with black and edged with white. 

 Primaries dufky. Tail ruft-colored, barred with 

 black. Legs black? 



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