BROWN SNIPE 



RED-BREASTED SNIPE GREY SNIPE BROWN LONGBEAK. 



PLATE CLXXIV. 



Scolopax grtsea, .... PENNANT. MONTAGU. 

 Macroramphus griseus, . . EYTON. GOULD. 

 Ereunetes griseus, . . . SEEBOHM. 



THE Red-breasted Snipe is a straggler from America, 

 where it is common ; it does not nest in England. 

 The eggs of this species are a brownish olive, blotched 

 with dark umber. 



