JACK SNIPE. 



JUDCOCK. HALF SNIPE. 



PLATE CLXXIII. FIG. II. 



Scolopax Gallinida, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Gallincujo minor, BKISSON. 



GaUinayo minima, RAY. WlLLUGHBY. STEPHENS. 



THE Jack Snipe makes its nest on some grassy knoll, or in a tuft 

 of rushes. 



The eggs are four in number, and of a yellowish olive-colour, spotted 

 about the larger end with two shades of brown. 



One variety is a light yellowish brown ground, with darker and lighter 

 minute markings of the same colour. 



A second is a light yellowish green ground, blotted and spotted over 

 with darker yellowish brown, brown, and grey. 



A third is a light green ground, with spots and streaks of a yellowish 

 brown, a good deal run together at the base. 



J. R. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, has kindly 

 forwarded me a specimen for the use of this work. 



