SNIPE HI 



as well as those of the coverts, tipt with white; shoulder of the 

 wing deep dusky brown, exterior quill edged with white; tail- 

 coverts long, reaching within three-quarters of an inch of the 

 tip, and of a pale rust colour spotted with black; tail rounded, 

 deep black, ending in a bar of bright ferruginous, crossed with 

 a narrow waving line of black, and tipt with whitish; belly pure 

 white; sides barred with dusky; legs and feet a very pale ashy 

 green; sometimes the whole thighs, and sides of the vent, are 

 barred with dusky and white, as in the figure in the plate. 



The female differs in being more obscure in her colours; the 

 white on the back being less pure, and the black not so deep. 



