SNIPE. 247. 



rump, and upper tail coverts, white : the under parts of the bird^ 

 the whole way from the throat to the vent, fine rufous chefnut, 

 waved acrofs with dufky lines, each feather having a narrow line 

 near the tip : the tail feathers white at the bafe, taking up mofi: 

 fpace as the feathers approach outwards ; the reft of their length, 

 dufky black : legs black : wings and tail of equal lengths. 

 I, received this, with the former, fronci Mr. Hutchins. 



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