56 GREENSHANK SNIPE. Class II. 



bars ; the inner coverts of the wings finely cross- 

 ed with double and treble rows of a dusky color. 

 It is a bird of an elegant shape, and small 

 weight in proportion to its dimensions, weigh- 

 ing only six ounces. The legs are very long 

 and slender, bare above two inches higher than 

 the knees. The exterior toe is united to the 

 middle toe, as far as the second joint, by a 

 strong membrane which borders their sides to 

 the very end. 



•;■ These birds are the Chevaliers au.v pieds verds 

 of the French; as the spotted snipe are the 

 ' • " Chevaliers aiLV pieds rouges. ' 



'' They are found every where on the Euro- 



p(j£an continent, and extend to India and China. 



Some remain in England during the summer. 



The eggs are said not to be unlike those of the 



Eed Shank." J. L. 



