SEMIPALMATED SNIPE. 515 



Adult Female in winter. Plate CCLXXIV. Fig. 2. 



In winter the upper parts are light brownish-grey, the fore part of the 

 neck and the sides of the same colour but paler ; the throat, breast, ab 

 domen, and rump white ; the lower and upper tail-coverts with a few un- 

 dulated lines of brownish-grey ; the wings as in summer ; as is the tail, 

 only that the middle feathers are grey. 



Length 15^ inches; wing from flexure 8^; extent of wings SI; 

 tail 3^ ; bill along the back 2/g, along the edge of lower mandible 2|| ; 

 tarsus lj\ ; middle toe 1^%, its claw ^. Weight 10 oz. 



K k 2 



