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ORALLATOBES. 



SCOLOPACID^E. 



SCOLOPACID^E. 



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THE BROWN SNIPE. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. 



Scolopax grisea, 



Brown Snipe, 



MacrorhampTius griseus, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 65. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 106. 



LongbeaJc, SELBY, Brit. Ornith, vol. ii. 



p. 103. 



Snipe, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 205. 



Macrorhamphus griseus, Red-breasted Snipe, EYTON, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 3 6. 



Grey Snipe, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Scolopax grisea, Becassine ponctuee, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 679. 



MACRORHAMPHUS. Generic Characters. Beak long, straight, rounded, 

 rather slender in the middle, the tip dilated, slightly incurved and rugose. 

 Nostrils lateral, basal. Legs with four toes, the outer toes connected at 

 their base by a membrane ; hinder toe touching the ground only at the 

 tip ; lower part of the tibia naked. Wings long and pointed. 



THE BROWN SNIPE was first made known as a British 

 Bird by Col. Montagu, who described it in his Ornitho- 

 logical Dictionary, and gave a figure of it in its winter 



