Class II. JACK SNIPE. 



served in the museum of the late Sir Ashtoii 

 Lever. 



The weight eight ounces. The head divided 

 lengthways by a testaceous line, bounded on 

 each side by another of black; above and be- 

 neath each eye is another ; the neck and breast 

 of a yellowish white, finely marked with semi- 

 circular lines of black ; the belly, with cordated 

 spots; the sides undulated with black. The 

 coverts of wings, and scapulars testaceous, 

 spotted with black and edged with white ; the 

 primaries dusky ; the tail rust-colored, barred 

 with black ; the legs black ? . --:^ 



m 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Scolopax. Galllnula. Sc. ros- 

 tro tuberculato, corpore va- 

 riegate, uropygio violaceo 

 vario, pedibus virescentibus, 

 loris fuscis. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 715. id. Syn. v. 136. 



Gid, Jacksnipe, and Judcock. 

 Wil. orn. 291. 



Rail Syn. av. 105. 



La petite Beccassine. Brisson 

 av. V. 303. tab. 26. fg. 2. 

 Hist, d'ois. vii. 49O. Fl. 

 Enl. 384. 



Pokerl. Scupoli, No. ISf), 

 Pizzardina. Zinan. lOI. 

 Scolopax gallinula. Gm. Lin. 



244. 

 Danis Roer-Sneppe. Brufi' 



nick, 163. 

 Haar-Sclinepfe, Pudel-Sch- 



nepfe, Kleinste Schnepfc. 



Frisch, ii. 231. 

 Br. Zool. 121. Arct. Zool. ii. 



166. 



12. Jack, 



XHE haunts and food of this species are the 

 same with those of the common snipe ; it also 



