154 SNIPE. 



thinly fpotted with black: coverts and fecondaries dark cinere- 

 ous ; the laft tipped with white : back and rump white, concealed 

 by the fcapulars : tail barred dufky and white : legs dark green : 

 middle and outer toe connected by a fmall web. 

 Place. Inhabits the coafts of New Tork. 



28. Brown Snipe, Ar8. Zool, N° 360. 



BROWN SN. Lev . Maj: 



Description. QIZE of the laft: length eleven inches. Bill two inches and 

 a half long, and brown : between the bafe of it and the eye 

 a white bar ; and above the eye a fpeck of white : the head, neck, 

 and fcapulars, of a fine uniform cinereous brown, marked in a few 

 places with black; fides of the head and fore part of the neck 

 paleft : wing coverts and prime quills dark brown j (haft of the 

 firft quill white : fecondaries pale brown, edged with white : 

 back white : rump and tail barred black and white : breaft mottled 

 white and brown : belly white : legs dark brown : hind toe placed 

 high up, and pretty long. 

 Place. Found with the former. 



29. 



ASH ;COL?UR- * ENGTH eleven inches. Bill more than an inch and a 

 slu SN. S 1 



Description. half long, ftrait, except at the tip, where it is a trifle bents 



colour black : upper part of the head, neck, and body, afh-co- 



lour : between the bill and eye a whitifh mark : chin and fore 



part of the neck white, mottled a little with brown on the 



throat : breaft and fides of the body, afh-colour : middle of the 



belly white : legs yellowifh green. 



Inhabits 



