Class II. BROWN SNIPE. 65 



Scolopax grisea. Sc. cinereo- Lath. Ind. om. 724. id. 13. Brown. 



fusca nigro nebulosa, alls Syn. v. 154. 



fuscis, dorso abdomine cau- Gm. Lin, 658. 

 daque albis, uropygio rec- Mont. orn. Diet. 

 tricibusque nigro fasciatis. Brown snipe. Arct. Zool. ii. 



167. -, - . ■ ■ ' 



[THE bill of this species resembles that of the Descrip- 

 common snipe ; from it to each eye extends a 

 white bar; the head, neck, and scapulars, are 

 of a fine uniform cinereous brown, in a very 

 few places marked with black ; the coverts and 

 primaries are dark brown ; the shaft of the first 

 primary feather of the wing white; the seconda- 

 ries are light brown, edged with white ; the back 

 white ; the rump and tail barred with black and 

 white ; the breast mottled with the same ; the 

 belly white ; the legs are of a dark green color ; 

 the middle and outermost toe are connected by 

 a small web. Its size is that of the common 

 snipe. 



This bird is a native oi America, and only 

 one instance is recorded by Mr. Montagu of 

 its having been seen in England. Ed. 



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