S3 RED BREASTED SNIPE. Class II. 



part of the interior black ; the upper half of the 

 secondary feathers are of the same color ; the 

 lower half white ; the coverts, and the lower 

 ^ . part of the feathers of the tail are white; the 



upper part black ; the white gradually lessening 

 from the outmost feathers on each side ; the 

 legs are black, and four inches long ; and the 

 . thighs above the knees are naked for the space 

 of an inch and three quarters. 



These birds vary in their colors, some that 

 '. we have seen being very slightly marked with 



red, or only marbled with it on the breast ; 

 but the reflected form of the bill is ever suflfi- 

 cient to determine the species. This is not 

 very common in England; we have known it 

 to have been shot near Hull ; and have once 

 met with it in a poulterer's shop in London, 



5. Red Scolopax noveboracensis. Sc. orn. 723. id. Syn. v. 153. 



BREASTED nigro cinereo rubroque varia, Gm. Lin. 658. 



SNIPE. dorso abdomineque albis, Montagu in Lin. Tr. ix. I98. 



alls cinereisj cauda albo ni- Arct. Zool. ii. 166. 

 groque fasciata. Lath. Lid. 



Descrip- [THE bill of this species is like that of the 



"^^^^^ common snipe, and is two inches one eighth in 



length ; the head, neck, and scapulars, are varied 



