178 BRITISH BIRDS. 



292. Gallingo gallinago (Linn.). COMMON SNIPE. 

 Hab. Palasarctic region. 



Adult : above variegated with blackish and pale buff ; 

 chin white ; throat and breast pale brown, with dusky 

 spots and mottlings ; belly white. Length 8'oo ; wing 

 5*25. " Sabine's Snipe" is now admitted to be a 

 melangism of this species. 



Breeds in most parts of the British Isles, but is more 

 common everywhere in winter. Eggs : pale yellowish, 

 with an olive tinge, blotched with reddish-brown and 

 blackish, and with underlying lilac marks ; i'6o by ri5. 



GENUS CLXIX. LYMNOCRYPTES, Kaup (1829). 



Has two notches on each side of the posterior margin 

 of the sternum, whereas in the last two genera there is but 

 one. Tail-feathers also are but 12 in number. 



293. Lymnoeryptes gallinula (Linn.). JACK-SNIPE. 

 Hab. Northern Palaearctic region. 



A tolerably common winter visitor. It is easily dis- 

 tinguished from the Common Snipe by its smaller size and 

 fewer tail feathers. Length 6^25 to 6*50 ; wing 4*30. 



GENUS CLXX. LIMICOLA, Koch (1816). 

 294. Limieola platyrhyneha (Temm.). BROAD- 

 BILLED SANDPIPER. 



Hab. North Europe. In winter moving southward. 

 Has been obtained five times iri* Norfolk, twice in 

 Sussex, once in Yorkshire, and once in Ireland. 



GENUS CLXXI. TRINGA, Linnzeus (1766). 

 Bill a little longer than head, straight or slightly 

 decurved, slender, base compressed, dilated near point 



