ORDOAVIVM. 99 



§. XLVI. Fam. 



G E N V S XI. f e ' n , 



SCOLOPAX. ©C&ncpfC, Roftro re&o, cylindrico, produ&o; W ' 

 bafi ofTea ex cranio procedente , ex qua oriuntur mandibulae corneae fub- 

 ftantix, acie obtufa, flexiles, Valfellam efformantes. Pedum digitos ha- 

 bet pradongos tenues, ad radendum paludes. Aves nafutse communiter 

 vocantur, £ang'9?ClfC 11 ; unde quoque eft, quod a roftris Scolopaces vo- 

 centur; <rxoAo7ra£, £an0/<5d)nabcl, quod roftra palo (tkoAoitos) fimi- 

 lia vifa funt; quo fenfu & ab Hebrads Scolopax Kore vocatur. Vermivo- 

 rz & limofugz funt; occultse jacent omnes, & canibus fimt inveftigan- 

 dx; Linguam habent tenuiffimam vermiformem- 



I. Scolopax, Jimplic. Arifl. Aldrov. Perdix ruftica major, 6Vinuf »A. 

 Galiina ruftica, Gallinago Gaz&. The Wood Cpck, Dale , WiU. Albin. 

 I. 70. An Gallinago major cinerea mas & femina, Marjilli V. 1. 13. 14? 

 anllda? Scolopax, Gallinago maxima Raji. Numenius roftri apice Iaevi, 

 capite linea utrinque nigra ; reclricibus nigris, apice albis, Linn. QBfllb* 



©chncpffc; 93ufcf)=£ol§;25cta/<5c&rtcpffc; <5djncp<$rtrt* 



Maxima, Perdice minor , vefpere & mane juxta oras fylvarum vo- 

 litat, jtC JlChCt Itfnojf bcn QBcHbCW , 3>nfd)m JC, confidens ln fylvis. 

 Roftrum 3?" fuperat ; ad radicem carnei five cornei coloris , pedetentim 

 abiens in nigrum. Capite ex rufo cinereo ; pedlore ventreque grifeis, 

 nigricahtibus lineis transverfalibus pi&is; fub roftro parum flavedinis; 

 fub mento ex flavo albicat; oculi elati dimittunt lineam nigram verfus 

 roftrum. Vertex alaeque grifeo nigricantes. Dale p. 399 : It is a Bird 

 ofpaflage, coming into England in Autumn, and departing again in the 

 Spring; 



If the Patridge bad tbe IVood Cocks Thigk, 

 T would be tbe be beft Bird that ever difiy. 



In deliciis habetur avis. 



II. Scolopax Media; Gallinago, Rufticola media ; Gallinagopa- 

 ludanamajor; Gallinago minor, Aldrov. Scolopax minor, The Snipe 

 or Snite, WiU. Dale, Albin I. 71. 3)uppc(<<5d)ncpfff« An Gallinago 

 vulgaris, minor, MarfiUi t. 15 ? an Illtia ? 



Pracedente minor ; maxima Scolopacum paluftrium. Roftro if " gal. 

 longo ; ad radicem rufo, ad exitum fufco ; caput antice & pone oculos 

 fuper albo punftis nigris, tribusque lineis longis ; peclore & ventre cine- 



N 2 reis; 



