90 SCOLOPACID.E. 



scapulars and tertials are yellow and brown ochreous yellow, 

 with the centres of the feathers dusky at the tips, and cine- 

 reous at the base ; the lesser and greater wing-coverts are 

 dusky, with pale wood-brown edges ; the secondaries are 

 edged with white, and the remainder part dusky, as well as 

 the quill-feathers ; the rump and two middle tail-feathers are 

 black, the outer tail-feathers are cinereous black, and all of 

 them are edged with yellowish-brown ; from the beak ex- 

 tends a dusky line to the eye, and over it a white streak ; 

 the chin, belly, and vent are white ; the cheeks, sides of the 

 neck, and upper part of the breast are spotted with black, 

 and more or less tinted with wood-brown and yellow. The 

 eyes are dusky ; the beak and legs olive-green ; tip of the 

 beak and claws dusky. 



