SCOLUPAX, SCOMBER. 254 
body black and tawny above, yellow beneath. 
41 inches long. 
gallinago, (common snipe,) bill straight, tubercu- 
late ; legs brown; body varied with blackish 
and tawney, white beneath; front with four 
brown lines. About a foot long. 
glottis, (greenshank snipe, ) bill straight, the low- 
er base red; body snowy beneath ; legs green- 
ish. 14 inches long. 
calidris, (redshank snipe,) bill straight, red ; legs 
scarlet; secondary quill-feathers white. <A 
foot long. 
tatanus, (spotied snipe,) blackish with white spois, 
white beneath ; lines on the breast, and bands 
on the lateral tail-feathers blackish ; legs red. 
Sometimes the wings have triangular white spots, 
See MS. P. 
8—1. ScoLopenDRA. Spec. 13. 
lagura, (flat centipede,) legs twelve on each side ; 
body oval; tail with a white pencil of hairs ; 
body brown, head black. 
forficata, (centipede, ) legs fifteen each side ; body 
reddish-brown. 
gigantea, legs seventeen each side ; tail with two 
-hooked styles. 
electrica, legs seventy each side ; body linear. 
occidentalis, (thousand legs,) legs 123 each side. 
sce MS, 2. 
4—3. Scomser. Spec. 22. 
scomber, (mackerel,) spurious fins five. From 4 
to 2 feet long. 
See MS. P. 
