ORDER GRALLiE. 369 



The Scop. Media. Frisch, See Bewick. Brit. Birds. 

 67. Shaw Zool. X. t. 8. 



Jack Snipe. Scot. GalUnula. Gm Enl. 884. 

 Frisch. 281. Naum. 4. f. 4. 



One-half less than the common snipe, and has only 

 one black band on the head. Bronzed-green re- 

 flexions on the mantle ; a grey demi-collar on the 

 nape, and the flanks, spotted with brown, like the 

 chest. It remains in our marshes almost for the 

 entu'e year. 



The Gallinago Minor of Ray ; and Gallinago Mini- 

 ma, of Stephens. 



All these birds are excellent eating, and very 

 common in our markets in winter. 



Scolopaw Brehmii. Kaup. Isis. 1823. 



Smaller than the common snipes, with which it has 

 been confounded , but with sixteen feathers in the tail. 

 Europe. 



Savanna Woodcock. Lath. Scolapaos Paludosa. Gm. 

 Enl. 895. Scot Gallinago. Wils. vi. xlvii. 2. 



Tail rounded of sixteen feathers, all barred with 

 black at the tip, the lateral half as broad as the 

 middle one. North and South America. Perhaps 

 the Cayenne Snipe, Scop. Cayanensis, is only this 

 species confounded with the Great Snipe in Temm.. 

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