250 SCOLEX, SCOLOPAX. 
from the top of a tree, descending at an ansle of 
45 or 50 degrees to the ground. ~ 
See MS. P. f 
11—2. Scorrex. Spec. 2. 
- pleuronectidis, head with four auricles, pellucid. 
In fish. 
See MS, P. 
2—4, Scoropax. Spec. 50. 
arguata, (curlew,) bill arched, blackish; legs 
blueish ; wings blackish with snowy spots. 
Nearly two feet long. 
fusca, (dusky svipe,) bill bent in at the tip ; body 
black, waved with white; ramp and wings 
white beneath. About a foot long. Migratory. 
grisea, (brown snipe,) bill, legs, wing-coverts and 
quill-feathers brown ; head, neck and shoulders 
brown-ash, spotted with black ; back and belly 
white. 14 inches long. 
nigra, (black snipe, ) bill and legs red; body black. 
flavipes, (yellow-shank snipe,) bill black 5 legs 
yellow ; body whitish spotted with black ; 
throat and breast varied with black and white ; 
belly an tail-coverts white. 44 inches long. 
rusticola, (wood-cock,) bill straight, reddish at the 
base ; legs cinereous ; thighs covered ; head — 
with a black band each side. 15 inches long. 
Body sometimes white or pale straw-colour or 
spotted. Head sometimes reddish; wings 
brown or white. 
minor, (liitle wood-cock,) bill straight; legs brown- 
ish ; front cinereous ; hind-head black, with 
four transverse yellowish lines ; chin white 3 
