82 Birds of Canada. 
color, above, brownish-black, marked with light 
rufous yellowish-brown or ashy-white; under- 
neath, white. Late in the’ fall this snipe goes 
south. 3 
Macrorhamphus griseus —The Gray Snipe. 
The Gray Snipe is dark-ashy above; pale 
reddish and black on the back; rump and upper 
tail coverts, white; under parts, pale red and 
brownish black: This Snipe arrives here about 
the twentieth of April. Breeds in the north, and 
again visits Canada about the first of September. 
M. scolopaceus—The Greater Longbeak. 
This Snipe is an irregular visitor in Canada. 
Length, twelve inches; color, above, brownish- 
black, and yellow; beneath, wood-brown, with 
spots of umber. 
Sub-Family.’ TRINGINE.—The Sandpipers. 
Tringa canutus——The Grayback, or Robin 
Snipe. 
The Gray-back is a spring and fall visitor. It 
is the largest of the Sandpipers. Upper parts, 
light gray, with irregular spots of black ; under 
parts, light reddish-brown. Breeds in the north. 
T. Cooperit.—Cooper’s Sandpiper 
This Sandpiper occasionally visits Canada 
during the spring and fall migrations. 
