BIRDS. GRALL^E. 37. Scolopax. 57 



fill dusky at the point: iris hazel: from the bill to th'e ey,e a 

 broad white stripe: chin white, fometimes fpotted : neck, breast, 

 and back, with or without a ferruginous tinge : quill- feathers dusky, 

 more or lefs tipt or edged with white : tail-coverts mostly white ; 

 l-'^s dusky or bluish* 



175/Sc. limosa. Bill slightly bending upwards-, body 

 grey-brown with a mixture of ferruginous : belly, 

 vent, and rump white : quills white at the base, ex- 

 cept the 4 first : tail white at the base. 



jadreka Snipe. JLewln t. 163. Bitffon 7. p. 500. t. 27. 

 Length 17 inches : extent 28 inches : weight 9 ounces. 

 Kill yellowish at the bate, and furroumlcd with reddish feathers j 

 iris whitish; checks reddish: over the eyes a white line ; ( ',,r/i 

 brown : first 3 gititt^atlurt with a white shaft j wings with a white 

 line; a middle tail-feathers black, the rest more and more white j 

 legs dusky. 



176. Sc. Glottis. Grey-brown with blackish spots : eye- 

 brows, lower part of the back, and under parts 

 white : tail white with dusky bars : legs dusky- 

 green. 



Greenshank. Leiuin t. 164. Walcot, t. 142. Wilt t . 55. 



Length 14 inches : extent 28 inches : weight about 6 ounces. 



Bili dusky, slender, the upper-mandible curved a little downwards 

 at the tip, the lower upwards : head and neck with dusky lines : 

 over the. eyes a. white line : uing-coverts,fcap>jlars t and fome of the 

 inner quills with a gloss of green : quills dusky, with white fpots 

 on the inner-webs : legs long, slender. 



117. Sc. Totanus. Blackish with white spots: breast 

 white with fine black lines: belly and vent white: 

 lateral tail-feathers whitish with blackish bars: 

 legs red. 



Spotted Snipe. Lewin t. 163. Albin ii. t. 71. 



Size of the last. Bill reddish at the base : iris reddish : head pale 

 ash with black streaks : back dusky, with triangular white fpots: 

 wing-coverts ash-colour, with triangular white fpots : quills dusky ; 

 middle tail-feathers grey. 



It8. Sc. canescens. Variegated with cinereous and white : 

 throat and breast whitish, the latter with cinereous 

 spots : tail with cinereous bars. 



Cinereous Godwit. Pennant Brit. Zoo/, ii. n. iBc. t. 66. 



Size of S. Glottis, but the bill is black and much thicker, and the 

 legs ash-colour. 



119. Sc. Cantabngensis. Grey-brown, beneath white : 

 wing-coverts and tail-feathers with blackish bars : 

 leg's orange-red. 



Cambridge Godwit. Penn. Brit. ZooL \\. p. 447. n. 185. 



Larger than S. Calidris. Lesser iving-co^erts brown, edged with 

 dirty white, and barred with black ; primaries dusky, whitish on 

 their inner sides; fecondarics barred with dusky and white : under 

 side Of the neck and breast dirty while : belly and vent white : tail 

 with cinereous and black bars. 



ISO. Sc. Calidds. Variegated white brown and grey : 

 bill red : legs orange-red : over the eyes a white 

 line : secondary quill-feathers tipt with white. 



Redshank. Brit. ZooL t . 6,5. Levin t. 166. Donov. t. 1 12. 

 Length 12 inches : extent 22 : weight 5 ounces and a half. 

 $itl with a black tip : iris hazel : head and neck grey-brown with 



