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SCOLOPACID^E. 



From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, four inches 

 and one-quarter; the first quill-feather the longest. 



Young birds of the year have the front of the neck white, 

 with dark streaks on the sides only ; the white streak over 

 the eyes more conspicuous ; the wing-coverts darker in co- 

 lour; the feathers on the back edged with reddish buff, 

 spotted with black. 



The chick soon after leaving the egg has all the upper 

 surface of the body covered with down of an ash-brown 

 colour, with a black stripe on the head, nape, and down the 

 back ; the under surface of the body greyish white ; the 

 legs pale green. 



For the means of figuring the young bird in this state, I 

 am indebted to the kindness of T. C. Heysham, Esq., of 

 Carlisle. 



