Ord: XIII. 



Grallatores, 

 Tetradactyla . 



116 

 Gen. LXIX. SCOLOPAX. Lin. 



II. Sub-s;en, Gallinago. 



221 sp. * ScoLOPAx MAJOR. Lin. The gi'eat Snipe. 

 Gallinago „ „ Bonap. 



Nest. April — May, in swampy ground, in the North. 



Effgs. 4, pale olive-green, clouded with ash-grey, and blotched with dark brown and purple 

 brown, chiefly at the larger end. 



221 a 



221^ 



221 



222 sp. ScoLOPAX GALLINAGO. Lin- The common Snipe. 

 Gallinago scolopacina. Bonap. 



Nest. April, in wet meadows and marshy places. 



Eggs. 4, olive-green, clouded with grey, and blotched with dark brown at the larger end. 



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