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the secondaries are white; those nearest the back 

 are barred with black and pale red ; the breast and 

 belly are white ; the tail-coverts are reddish brown ; 

 the tail is dusky, barred with black, and tipped with 

 yellow or white ; the legs are pale green. 



Weight 4oz. length 12 inches. 



The snipe migrates in the spring ; some few breed 

 with us. 



The female lays 4 or 5 greenish eggs, spotted with 

 rusty, in a nest formed of withered grass, and a few 

 feathers. 



5. GALLINULA. JACK SNIPE, OR JUD-COCK. 



Sc. rostro tuberculato, corpore variegato, uropygio 

 violaceo vario, pedibus virescentibus, lorisfuscis. 

 Lath. 



The jack snipe weighs only 2oz. length 8i inches ; 

 the bill is 1 1 inches long ; the crown is black, a 

 yellow streak passes over each eye ; the neck is white ? 

 spotted with brown and pale red ; the scapulars are 

 bordered with yellow, and the inner webs are of a 

 shining bronze, with purple and green reflections; 

 the quills are dusky ; the rump is of a glossy violet 

 or bluish purple ; the belly and vent are white ; the 

 tail of 12 feathers, dark brown, edged with rust co- 

 lour ; the legs are dull green. 



This species much resembles the snipe ; the eggs 

 are smaller. 



