28 Supplementary Notice of British Snipes. 
The first of these two, in order of dates, is the Scdlopax 
grisea of Montagu’s Ornithological Dictionary. (fig. 2-) A 
specimen of this ‘bird 
ras killed in Devon- 
shire in the month of 
October, 1801: the 
length of the bill 23 
inches; whole length 
of the bird 11 inches ; 
weight 340z. The 
hence ele! breast, 
and wing coverts, are 
ash-coloured brown, 
without spots, with a : 
streak of the same 
colour from the base 
of the beak to the 
eye; above the eyes, the throat, belly, and thighs, pure white ; 
the flanks white, varied with light brown; back and scapulars 
light brown, e an feather having a darker brown edge ; rump, 
upper and under tail coverts, w lite, marked across with black 
bars; tail feathers also brosced with narrow black and white 
bars alternately. This specimen is now in the British Museum, 
and a good representation of the bird, in this its winter plumage, 
will be found in Montagu’s Supplement to his Ornithological 
Dictionary. 
In its summer plumage this snipe bears considerable resem- 
blance to the knot (‘Tringa Canutus) at the same season of the 
year. The top of the head, nape of the neck, back, and 
scapular s, are then irregularly varied with black, reddish 
brown, and yellow; the space round the eye bright red ; front 
of the neck and breast chestnut brown; wing coueus ash- 
coloured, and edged with white; the belly, rump, and tail, the 
same as in winter. 
An excellent representation of this bird, in its summer 
plumage, will be found in the seventh solute of Wilson’s 
Ornithology of America, under the name of Scélopax novebo- 
racénsis (pl. 58. fig. 1.), with a description at p. 45. The bird 
appears to be common in that country, while with us it is so 
rare that M. Temminck, in the second edition of his Manual 
of Ornithology (vol. ii, p. 682.), says that he is only acquainted 
with two instances of this species having been killed in Kurope; 
once in England, and once in Sweden. ‘To these I am able 
to add a notice of one other instance; a very fine specimen, in 
summer plumage, having been lately shot near Yarmouth, for 
