168 HILL BIRDS OF SCOTLAND 



band of white. Breast, flanks, and abdomen white. The 

 flanks may be barred with dark grey. Under tail coverts 

 pale brown barred with black. Bill brown. Legs green- 

 ish olive. The full fledged young lack the longitudinal 

 stripes on the back, which is blackj marked with lines of 

 huffish white and dark chestnut. The forehead is pale 

 brown barred with black — the flanks also. There is no 

 seasonal change in colouration with the Snipe, and the 

 sexes are alike. The length of the male Snipe is lOj 

 inches, and the extent of the wings 16 inches. The female 

 is rather larger, being 11| inches long, and the wing ex- 

 panse 17| inches. 



