Class II. J A C K S N I P E. 



451 



Gid, Jackfnipe, and Jud- 

 cock. WiL orn. 291. 



Rail fyn. a-v. 105. 



La petite Beccaffirie. Brijfon 

 a-j. V. 303. tab. 26. fig. 2. 



Pokerl. Scope/:, No. 139. 



Pizzardina. Zinan. ioi. 



Scolopax gallinula. £/». ^/?. 



244. 

 Ddr»/j Roer-Sneppe. Brunnich, 



163. 

 Haar-Schnepfe , Pudel-Sch- 



nepfe, Kleinfte Sclmepfe. 



Frifch, II. 231. 

 Br. Zool. 121 



189. Jack 



Snipe. 



THE haunts and food of this fpecies are the 

 fame with thofe of the former \ it alio feeds 

 on fmail fnails : it is much lefs frequent among us, 

 and very difficult to be found, lying fo clofe as to 

 hazard being 'fad on before it will rife : the flight 

 is never difiant, and its motion is more fluggifh 

 than that of the larger kind. 



Its weight is lefs than two ounces, inferior by 

 half to that of the fnipe ; for which reafon the 

 French call them deux pour un y we the half fnipe. 

 The dirnenfions bear not the fame proportion*, 

 the length of the fnipe being twelve inches ; this 

 eight and a half: the bill an inch and a half long : 

 crown of the head black, tinged with ruft color : 

 over each eye is a yellow ftroke % the neck varied 

 with white, brown, and pale red. The fcapular 

 feathers narrow, very long, brown, bordered with 

 yellow. The rump a gloify bluifh purple : the 

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