50 BIRDS. CRALL.E. 37. Scolopax. 



grey, beneath reddish-grey with dusky bars : lores 

 black : thighs feathered nearly to the knees. 



Woodcock. Br. ZooL t. 65. Lewin t. 157. U'alcot, t. 136. 



Length 14 inches : extent 26 : weight about 13 ounces. 



Liil 3 inches and a half long, dusky towards the tip, furrowed 

 along the side of the upper-mandible : iris hazel : front and chin 

 grey : from the bill to the eyes a black stripe : tail short, dusky, 

 the A ouicr-webs ferrate with rufous, the tips grey : legs pdic 

 brown. 



170. Sc. major. Above testaceous variegated with black 

 and grey, beneath dirty-white spotted with black : 

 crown M'ith a testaceous stripe down the middle, and 

 a black one each side of it. 



Great Snipe. Lewin t.i^S. Walcct t. \yj. 



Weight Bounces. Bill black, yellowish at the bafe : above and 

 beneath the eyes a testaceous streak : head and neck fpotted with 

 black : bacft,fcapulars and coverts varied with testaceous black and. 

 grey : breast and bellv with heart-shaped fpots : sides undulate with- 

 black : tail ferruginous, barred with black : legs blackish. 



171. Sc. Gailinago. Kill tubercled : body variegated with 

 hlaekjsh and fulvous, beneath white: front with 4 

 brown lines. |f 



Common Snipe. Br, Zcol.t. 68. Lewin t. 159. Jl'alcott. 138. 



Length a foot : extent 18 inches : weight about 4 ounces. 



Bill 3 inches long, dusky, flattish and rough at tiic end ; head with, 

 4 brown lines, between which are 3 ferruginous ones : lores dusky : 

 throat white: neck and breast fpotted with black: belly and vent 

 \vhite: quills black, the first edged with white : back black, with 

 tawny bars and pale buff lines : tail-feathers black at the bafe ; legs 

 lead-colour or brown, 



172. Sc. GalUnula. Bill tubercled : above variegated, 

 with a green and purple gloss : from the shoulders 

 to the tail 2 deep buff stripes : lores brown ; legs 

 greenish. 



jtiek Snipe. Br. ZooL t. 68. Lewi fit. 160. Walcot t. 1 39. 



Length 8 inches and a half : extent 15 : weight about 8 ounces. 



Bill lead-colour, black at the end : iris dusky : crown black, with, 

 a yellowish border : over the eyes a yellowish streak : neck varied 

 with whitish, brown, and pale red : rump glossy bluish-pur.ple : 

 wing-coverts bordered with grey and brown : belly and vent white . 

 tail-feathers pointed, brown with tawny borders. 



173. Sc. lapponica. Bill a little bending up wards,, yel- 

 lowish : head, neck and breast reddish-ferrugiiiGUs : 

 outer tail-feathers half white : legs blackish. 



Red Godwit. Br. ZooL t. 67. Lewin. t. 161. IValcot t. 140. 



Length 18 inches : weight about la ounces. 



Bill dusky at the point : iris hazel : body dusky above with ferrv*- 

 frinous fpots : head bright ferruginous with dusky lines : breast and 

 sides with blackish tranfverfe lines; quills blackish, tipt with 

 white : belly and vent white, with dusky and pale ferruginous 

 marks : tail-feathers, except the a middk-ones, partly black partly 

 white. 



174- Sc. trgocephala. Bill very slightly bending upwards; 

 body grey, more or less tinged with pale ferruginous, 

 with dusky spots : belly and vent white : tail with 

 dusky bars. 



Common Godwit. Ltwin t. 162. Donovan ..75. 

 Length about 16 inches ; weight it ounces or more, 



