BROWN SNIPE. 



621 



GRALLArORES. 



SCOLOPACID.E. 



THE BROWN SNIPE. 



Scoliijiai grisea, Bnncn Snipe, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 65. 



,, ,, ,, ,, JMoNT. Ornitli. Diet. 



,, ,, „ ,, Fi.EM. Brit. An. p. 106. 



Macrorhamphus griseiis, ,, Loiigheak, Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 103. 



Sci'lopax griaea, ,, Snipe, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 205. 



Mitcrorhamplnis grisens. Tied breasted Snipe, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 36. 



,, ,, Grey Snipe, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. lii. 



Scolopax grisea, Becassine ponctu^e, Temm. Rlan. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 679. 



Macrorhamphus. Generic Characters. — Beak long, straight, rounded, ra- 

 ther slender in the middle, the tip dilated, slightly incurved and rugose. Nos- 

 trils lateral, basal. Legs with four toes, the outer toes connected at their base 

 by a membrane ; hinder toe touching the ground only at the tip ; lower part of 

 the tibia naked. Wings long and pointed. 



The Bromvn Snipe was first made known as a British 

 Bird by Cul. Montagu, who described it in his Ornithuhtgical 



