SCOLOPACIDE. 395 
the primary quills black, some of those nearest the 
body tinged with brown on the inner webs and 
slightly margined with white—the shafts of all are 
white; chin, throat and all the under parts are 
brick-dust red, with a few white feathers mixed, 
especially on the belly and under tail-coverts; these 
probably are feathers that had not assumed their 
full summer colouring. 
In the winter plumage the head and back of the 
neck are streaked dark ash-grey and white; the 
back, scapulars and wing-coverts are darkish ash- 
grey, nearly dusky, each feather margined with 
white, the shafts black; the rump and tail-coverts 
white, with a few dark markings; the tail white, 
barred with dusky; the primary quills are dark 
dusky, almost black, those nearest the body are 
tinged with pale dusky brown on the inner webs, 
narrowly tipped and margined with white, — the 
shafts are white; the chin, throat and breast are 
very pale ash-grey, with a few darker streaks in the 
centres of the feathers; the flanks are white, with a 
few ash-grey marks on the feathers; the belly and 
under tail-coverts are white; the legs, toes and claws 
nearly black. 
In a young bird of the year, shot on the Ist of 
September, the space between the beak and the eye 
is darkish brown, mixed with pale brown,—over this 
and over the eye is a pale dirty white streak; the top 
of the head is dark dusky brown, streaked with pale 
