BROWN SNIPE. 



l,'RA LLA TORES. 



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SCOLOPACIDW. 



THE BROWN SNIPE. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. 



Scolopax grisea, 



Macrorhamphus griscus, 

 Scolopax grisea, 



Macrorkamphus griseus, 



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Scolopax, grisea, 



Brown Snipe, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 65. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 106. 



Longleak, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 103. 

 Snipe, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 205. 

 Red breasted Snipe, EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 36. 

 Grey Snipe, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 



Decassine ponctuee, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 679. 



MACRORHAMPHUS. Generic Cliaracters. Beak long, straight, rounded, rather 

 slender in the middle, the tip dilated, slightly incurved and rugose. Nostrils 

 lateral, basal. Legs with four toes, the outer toes connected at their base by a 

 membrane ; hinder toe touching the ground only at the tip ; lower part of the 

 tibia naked. Wings long and pointed. 



THE BROWN SNIPE was first made known as a British 

 Bird by Col. Montagu, who described it in his Ornitholo- 

 gical Dictionary, and gave a figure of it in its winter 

 plumage in his Supplement. This example, which was 



