38 JACK SNIPE. 



JACK SNIPE. 



JUDCOCK. HALF SNIPE. 

 PLATE CLXXIII. FIGURE II. 



Scolopax Gallinula, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Gallinago minor, BRISSON. 



Gallinago minima, RAY. WILLUGHBY. STEPHENS. 



nnHE 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. 



