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JACK SNIPE. 



JIIDCOCK. HALF SNIPE. 

 PLATE CLXXIII. FIG. II. 



Scolopax Gallinula, . . Pennant. Montagu. 



Gallinago minor, . . . Beisson. 



Gallinago minima, . . Eat. Willughby. Stephens. 



The Jack Snipe makes its nest on some grassy knoll, 

 or among a tuft of rushes. 



The eggs are four in number, and of a yellowish 

 olive colour, spotted about the larger end with two 

 shades of brown. 



J. R. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, 

 has kindly forwarded me a specimen for the use of 

 this work. 



