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3. GRISEA. BROWN SNIPE. 



Sc. cinereo-fusca nigro nebulosa, alis fastis, dorso 

 abdomine caudaque albis, uropygio rectricibus- 

 que nigro fasciatis. Lath. 



The bill is two and a half inches loner, and not so 

 slender as that of the common snipe ; it spreads a 

 little broad, and is compressed at the end ; it is of 

 a dusky colour, lightest at the base ; the upper man- 

 dible is serrated within along the middle of the roof; 

 the irides are dusky ; the plumage a mixture of white, 

 grey and brown ; the legs are yellow olivaceous green. 



The length is 1 1 inches. 



4. GALLINAGO. COMMON SNIPE. 



Sc. rostra tuber eulato, corpore nigricante etfulvovario 

 subtus albo,frontislineisfuscis quaternis. Lath. 



The bill is three inches long, and smooth, butdimpled 

 when it is dead 3 the head is divided lengthways by five 

 lines, two of which are black, and three of a reddish 

 white ; a dark mark extends from the corners of the 

 mouth to the eye ; the chin and fore-part of the neck 

 are yellowish white ; the latter spotted with brown ; 

 the scapulars are striped lengthways on one web, and 

 barred on the other with black and yellow ; the quills 

 are dusky ; the edge of the primaries and tips of 



