50 SCOLEX, SCOLOPAX. 



from the top of a tree, descending at an angle of 

 45 or 50 degrees to the ground. 



See MS. P. 



li 2. SCOLEX. Spec. 2. 



fleuronectidiS) head with four auricles, pellucid. 

 In fish. 

 See MS. P. 



2 4. SCOLOPAX. Spec. 50. 



arguata^ (curlew,) bill arched, blackish ; legs 

 blueish ; wings blackish with snowy spots. 

 Nearly two feet long. 



fusca, (dusky snipe,) bill bent in at the tip ; body 

 black, waved with white ; rump and wings 

 white beneath. About a foot long. Migratory. 



grisea, (brown snipe,) bill, legs, wing-coverts and 

 quill-feathers brown ; head, neck and shoulders 

 brown-ash, spotted with black ; back and belly 

 white. 11 inches long. 



nigrd) (black snipe,) bill and legs red ; body black. 



Jlavipes, (yellow-shank snipe,) bill black ; legs 

 yellow ; body whitish spotted with black ; 

 throat and breast varied with black and white ; 

 belly ana tail-coverts white. 11 inches long. 



rusticola, (w r ood cock,) bill straight, reddish at the 

 base ; legs cinereous ; thighs covered ; head 

 with a black band each side. 15 inches long. 

 Body sometimes white or pale straw-colour or 

 spotted. Head sometimes reddish ; wings 

 brown or white. 



minor, (little wood-cock,) bill straight ; legs brown- 

 ish ; front cinereous ; hind-head black, with 

 four transverse yellowish lines ; chin white : 



