SCOLOPAX, SCOMBER. 25i 



body black and tawny above, yellow beneath. 

 1 i inches long. 



gallinago, (common snipe,) bill straight, tubercu- 

 late ; legs brow r n ; body varied with blackish 

 and tawney, white beneath ; front with four 

 brown lines. About a foot long. 



glottis, (greenshank snipe,) bill straight, the low- 

 er base red ; body snowy beneath ; legs green* 

 ish. 14 inches long. 



calidrisj (redshank snipe,) bill straight, red ; legs 

 scarlet ; secondary quill-feathers white. A 

 foot long. 



tatanus, (spotted snipe,) blackish with white spots, 



white beneath ; lines on the breast, and bands 



on the lateral tail-feathers blackish ; legs red. 



Sometimes the wings have triangular white spots, 



See MS. P. 



8 1. SCOLOEENDRA. Spec. 13. 



lagura, (flat centipede,) legs twelve on each side ; 



body oval ; tail with a white pencil of hairs ; 



body brown, head black. 

 Jbrficata, (centipede.) legs fifteen each side ; body 



reddish-brown, 

 gigantea, legs seventeen each side ; tail with two 



hooked styles. 



electrica, legs seventy each side ; body linear. 

 occidentalism (thousand legs,) legs 123 each side. 



See MS. P. 



4 3. SCOMBER. Spec. 22. 



scomber, (mackerel,) spurious fins five. From 1 

 to 2 feet long. 

 Sec MS. P. 



