Class II. 



JADREKA SNIPE. 



with black, ash-color, and red ; the under side 

 of the neck and breast are ferruginous, thinly 

 spotted with black ; the coverts and secondaries 

 are dark cinereous, the latter tipt with white; 

 the tail barred with dusky and white; the legs 

 dark green ; the middle and outer toe are con- 

 nected by a small web. Its size is that of a 

 common snipe. 



A small flock of these rare birds appeared on 

 the coast of Devonshire, in the spring of 1803, 

 and were traced as far as Sandwich in Kent. 

 Ed. 



Scolopax Limosa. ^g. rostro 

 siibrecurvato basi rubro, cor- 

 pore griseo-fusco rufo varie- 

 gate subtus albo, remigibus 

 basi albis, quatuor primis 

 immaculatis, cauda basi alba. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 7ig. id. Syn. 

 V. 146. Gm. Lin. QQ6. 



La Barge. Belon. av. 205. 



The second sort of God wit, 

 the Totaiius of Aldrovand; 

 called at Venice, Vetola. 

 Wil. orn. 293. 



Fedoa nostra secunda, the Q, Jadreka 



Stone Plover. Rail Syn. av. snipe. 



105. 

 Limosa, la Barge. Brisson av. 



V. 262. Hist, d'ois. vii. 500. 



PI. Enl 874. ' . 



Lesser Godwit. Br. Zool. 120. 



ih. 4to. ii. 374. 

 Jadreka Snipe. Arct. Zool. 



ii. 171. 



i^XR. Ray (for we are not acquainted with Descrip- 

 this species) describes it thus. Its weight is '^^°^- 

 nine ounces; the length to the tail seventeen 



