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64. European Woodcock. 



Length about 13J inches. Bill about 3J inches 

 long. Above, rusty-brown, variegated with rust} r 

 and light-grayish and buffy, lower parts pale ful- 

 vous-grayish, irregularly barred with dark-brown, 

 hind part of head black, crossed by two bands of 

 light-rusty, bordered by two others. 



65. American Woodcock. 



Length about 11 inches. Bill about 3 inches 

 long. Upper parts varied with pale-ashy, * rusty 

 and black, lower parts plain light-cinnamon, tinged 

 with ashy, hind-head with three bands of black, 

 alternating with three narrower ones of ochraceous 

 or yellowish-rusty. 



66. Wilson's Snipe. 



Length about 10 inches. Bill about 2J inches 

 long. Top of head blackish, divided by a line of 

 buff, back blackish, feathers edged with buff, 

 .under wing-coverts white, barred with slate-colour, 

 tail with a band of black at end, tipped with 

 rufous ; lower parts white, with transverse bars of 

 brownish-black on the sides, throat and neck red- 

 dish-ashy. 



67. Dowitcher. 



Length about 10J inches. Bill about 2J inches 

 long. Summer adult: Above, streaked with buff, 



