JACK SNIPE. 137 



with white, broadly margined with pale ochreous- 

 yellow, and undulated on their middle surface with 

 lines of chestnut -red, the pale edges forming four 

 lines along the hack ; the wings are greyish-black ; 

 secondaries tipped with white, the coverts broadly 

 tipped with white and tinted with ochreous ; the 

 long tertials are edged with pale greyish-white, and 

 undulated on their outer webs with pale chestnut- 

 brown ; the tail consists of twelve lanceolate fea- 

 thers, and exhibits a form more wedge-shaped than 

 most of the others, the colour is blackish-brown, 

 edged with pale chestnut -brown ; the belly and 

 under parts pure white, on the flanks dashed with 

 greyish -black, and tinted with brown ; the axillary 

 feathers white, clouded irregularly with blackish' 

 grey ; feet and legs greenish-grey. 



S. gatlincy* and major* 



