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SCOLOPAX GALLINAGO. THE COMMON SNIPE. 



MOOR, OR MIRE SNIPE. HEATIIER-BLITER, BLEATER, OR BLUTTER. NAOSG. 

 JAN-GHURAG. 



Flo. 31. 



Scolopax Galliuago. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 244. 



Scolopax Galliuago. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 



Common Snipe. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Becassine ordinaire. Scolopax Gallinago. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 676. 



Scolopax Gallinago. Common Snipe. Flem. Brit. Anim. 106. 



Common Snipe. Scolopax Gallinago. Selb. Ulustr. Brit. Ornith. II. 121. 



Scolopax Gallinago. Common Snipe. Jen. Brit. Yert. An. 205. 



Gallinago scolopacinus. Bonap. Comp. List, 52. 



Tail rounded, of fourteen feathers; secondary quills 

 rounded; bill twice the length of the head; on the head two 

 longitudinal black bands separated by a narrower medial red- 

 dish-white band, and on each side a reddish-white band ; the 

 upper parts variegated with black and light red, with four 

 longitudinal yellowish-white bands; sides transversly barred 

 with dusky ; axillar feathers white barred with greyish-black ; 

 lower tail-coverts light red, barred with dusky. 



