YELLOW-SHANKS SNIPE. 123 



brown above, in some black, all white below; lesser wing-co- 

 verts dusky, slightly edged with white, and in some spotted 

 with brown on the exterior vanes; secondaries slightly edged 

 with white; legs bare above the knees upwards of an inch; length 

 of tarsus two inches; outer toe connected as far as the first joint 

 to the middle one, the membrane of the inner toe quite small; 

 legs and feet yellow ochre; the claw of the middle toe has the 

 appearance of having a supplemental nail at its base. A young 

 male shot at the same time, had its upper parts mixed with cine- 

 reous." 



