GREAT SNIPE. 13 
succeeded by black, and this again by white or reddish white 
at the tip; upper tail coverts, pale yellowish brown, varied with 
dark brown. Legs and toes, greenish or yellowish brown; 
claws, black. 
The female is larger in size, and darker in colour on the 
sides of the head. The breast has less of the dark semi- 
circular marks; the greater and lesser wing coverts have the 
white spots larger and clearer. 
The young have the bill shorter, and the white on the 
outside tail feathers is only acquired by degrees. 
