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ORD. I. GEN, V. SNIPE. 



SPE. II. GREAT SNIPE. 

 PI. 158. 



This fpecies is in fize between a woodcock and a common fnipe ; the length 

 about that of the former, the weight eight ounces. The crown of the head is 

 black, divided down the middle by a pale flripe ; over and beneath each eye, 

 another of the fame : the back, wing coverts, and fcapulars, rufty yellow, fpot- 

 ted with black, and edged with white : the neck, and breaft, of a yellowifh 

 white, finely marked with femicircular lines of black ; the belly fpotted with 

 the fame ; and the fides undulated with black : the quills dufky : the tail ruft 

 coloured, barred with black : legs blackifh. 



It is very rarely met with in this kingdom, but is faid to be fufficiently com- 

 mon on many parts of the continent. Its manners are not certainly known^ 

 but are fuppofed to be the fame with thofe of the preceding fpecies. 



