THE JACK SNIPE. 



Scolopax gallinula. 



A.SILY distinguished from the 

 Common Snipe by its being 

 much smaller, and also by 

 the plumage being richer and 

 showing more varied reflec- 

 tions, the Jack Snipe is a very 

 handsome little bird. The 

 beak is about one-and-a-half 

 inch long, and the whole 

 length of the bird nearly 

 'eight-inches-and a-half . The 

 irides are dark brown ; from 

 the eye to the base of the beak 

 is a dark brown streak, and 

 over the eye and ear-coverts a 

 broad line of pale brown. 

 The top of the head and the 

 part above the beak is a rich 

 dark brown ; back of the neck 

 ^^g. greyish-brown, varied with 



dusky brown marks ; the 

 back is a rich dark brown, 

 and darker markings, with 

 two plainly- marked 'streaks of light brown or buffy yellow, 



