48 SCOLOPAC1D.E, 



olive-green. In the body of the shell are several dots and 

 spots of dingy grey, and on the outer surface are many dusky 

 spots of round, oblong, and irregular shapes, that are most 

 plentiful near the larger end. 



The Solitary Snipe measures twelve inches and a half in 

 length : its beak two inches and three quarters. The crown 

 of the head is black, with a central line of cream-colour ; 

 cheeks, orbits, and throat, white, speckled with dusky ; the 

 nape pale rufous, with black spots ; back and scapulars black 

 and rufous-brown, the feathers partly edged with straw-colour; 

 greater coverts tipped also with white. All the under parts 

 white, spotted with black and rufous brown. Quills dusky. 

 The tail consists of sixteen feathers, which are barred with 

 black and chestnut ; the tips white. Beak dusky at the tip, 

 browner about its middle, and flesh-coloured at the base ; legs 

 olivaceous grey. 



