186 JACK SNIPE. 



and their young in August, while shooting; and 

 every cross-questioning that could be put, would not 

 allow him to think that he was mistaken by the 

 young of the common Snipe. He mentioned the 

 peculiar breeding-places frequented by them, and 

 which, when visited, were exactly the spots we 

 should have expected, or looked for a " Jack." Our 

 search, however, was fruitless, and, so far as this 

 point is concerned, we have been unable to fill it up 

 in Scotland. So far as we know any thing of its 

 European range, it is a northern species during the 

 time of incubation, being a winter visitant only in 

 France and most parts of central Europe ; by Tern- 

 minck, it is said to breed in the vicinity of Peters- 

 burgh.* Out of Europe, Colonel Sykes considers 

 the species of the Dukhun to be identical. We have 

 never, however, seen it, or received it with any 

 collection from India. 



From the bill, over each eye, *to the back of the 

 head, there is a broad streak of pale ochreous- 

 yellow, divided immediately above the eye by a line 

 of rich blackish-brown along the crown of the head ; 

 arising narrowly from the bill is a broad streak 

 of the same colour, running backwards the same 

 length with the pale markings; between the bill 

 and the eye a streak of umber-brown ; cheeks, sides 

 of the neck and breast, greyish-white, tinged with 

 ochreous, and spotted with black by markings in 

 the centre of each feather ; back black, with green 

 and purple reflections, the feathers narrowly tipped 

 * Manuel, Supplement. 



