144 



SNIPE. 



Px.ace. The above fpecimen came from Gibraltar, and appears to be 



a variety : and I fufpeft it may alfo be a young bird, from the 

 want of fullnefs of colour on the bread *. 



•*- 'COMMON Scolopax xgocephala, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 146. 16. 



GODWIT. La grande Barge grife, Brif. Orn. v. p. 272. 3. pi. 24. fig. 2. 



' aboyeufe, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 501.— PI. Enl. 876. 



Godwit, Yarwhelp, or Yarwip, Rait Syti. p. 105. A. 4. — Will. Orn. p. 292, 

 — Albin, ii. pi. ■jo.— Br. Zool. ii. N° 179. — Aril. Zool. N° 373. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. ENGTH fixteen inches: weight twelve ounces. Bill four 



inches long, bending a little upwards; the bafe half pale 

 purple, from thence to the end black; the under mandible fhort- 

 eft ; from the bafe, palling over the eye, a whitifh lireak : the 

 head, neck, and upper parts, reddifh brown, each feather marked 

 down the middle with a dark fpot : belly and vent white : the 

 fix prime quills are black ; the inner edges reddifh brown ; the 

 fliaftofthe firft white, moft of the others brown; the outer 

 margins pale, and clouded with pale brown ; the inner webs 

 whitifh, banded with greyifh brown : the tail feathers are white ; 

 the two middle barred with brown ; the others the fame on the 

 outer web, and the inner likewife towards the tips only : legs 

 dufky. In fome birds the rump is white, and the chin nearly fo. 

 This bird is found in England, at the fame time with the Ruffs, 

 and taken with them promifcuoufly, a Stale-Bird being placed as 

 for the others; but the Godwit continues with us the winter 

 through, walking on the open fands, like the Curlew, and feeds on 



* This clrcumftance has alfo been obferved by Mr. Pennant, in the Br. Zool. 

 but thinks it may be mere variety. 



infers. 



Place and 

 Manners. 



