No. 44. 



Gallinago delicata. 



Upper parts chiefly dark brown and yellowish tan, the tan 

 color of tail more reddish; the markings forming lengthwise 

 stripes along the back (while wings are closed), and striping the 

 upper part of head ; chin and cheeks whitish ; neck near head 

 brown and pale tan, the colors of the upper parts shading here 

 completely around ; breast, sides of body, thighs, and lining of 



No. 44. 



wings, white and gray, principally in fine bars ; the belly white 

 with a few touches of gray. Bill averaging about two and a 

 half inches, and slightly flattened and spread near the tip, this 

 flattened portion, in dried specimens, looking and feeling very 

 much like a fine file ; color of bill greenish gray near base, and 

 blackish at the end. Legs light greenish gray. 



