50 SCOLOPACID.E. 



the neck and breast, are tinted with ferruginous-brown, and 

 the tail, which consists of twelve feathers, is ferruginous at 

 its tips. The whole surface of the plumage is spotted and 

 barred with black, as represented in our Plate ; the quills are 

 dusky. The beak is dusky, with olivaceous brown at the 

 base ; the legs dusky. We find no account of the colour of 

 the eyes when fresh killed, and have coloured them con- 

 sequently in harmony with those of its family, dusky. 



