SNIPE. 197 



A.— Scolopax gallinaria, Ind. Om. ii. 715. Gm. Lin. i. 662. Midler, No. 183. 

 Finmark Snipe, Gen. Sy'ti v. 136. Arct. Zool. ii. 471. D. 



This is very like the last, and the bill tuberculated in the same 

 manner, but differs in the head, being entirely grey; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Finmark ; most probably a Variety of our Common 

 Snipe. 



8 —JACK SNIPE. 



Scolopax Gallinula, Ind. Orn ii. 715. Lin. i. 244. Gm. Lin. i. 662. Scop. i. No. 



139. Brim. No. 163. Muller, No. 189. Frisch, t. 231. Borowsk. iii. 90. Fn. 



Helo. Sepp, t. 122. Tern. Man. 440. Id. Ed. 2d. 678. 

 Gallinago minima, Rail, 105. A. 3. Will. 214. Klein, 100. 4. Jd. Stow. t. 20. f. 4. 



a. b. Gerin. iv. t. 443. 

 Gallinago minor, Bris. v. 303, t. 26. f. 2. /</. 8vo. ii. 287. 

 La petite Becassine, Buf. vii. 490. PL enl. S84. 

 Die Haarschnepfe, Bechst. Dcuts. iii. 120. Naturf. xiii. 213. 

 Jack Snipe, Gid, Judcock, Gen. Syn. v. 136. Br. Zool. ii. No. 189. pi. 68. Id.fol. 



121. Id. 1812. ii. 63. pi. 13. f. 1. Flor. Scot. 145. yfm. Zool. ii. No. 367. 



Will. Engl. 291. .4/6. iii. pi. 86. Russ. Alep. p. 65. Bewick, ii. pi. p. 73. 



Lewin, iv. pi. 159. /Fa/e. ii. 139. Pzefr. Dors. p. 14. Ora. Die/. 



THIS is about half the size of the Common Snipe, and weighs 

 scarcely two ounces ; length eight inches and a half. Bill one inch 

 and a half long, black; crown of the head black, tinged with rust- 

 colour ; over each eye a yellow streak; neck varied with white, 

 brown, and pale red ; scapulars narrow, long, and brown, margined 

 with yellow ; the rump glossy bluish purple ; belly and vent white ; 

 greater quills dusky ; tail brown, consisting of twelve pointed brown 

 feathers, with tawny edges; legs cinereous green. This species 

 frequents the same places in England as the other, and has the same 

 manners, but is not near so numerous; is more solitary, and never 

 known to be gregarious, nor is it so shy ; for when under any kind 

 of shelter, as rushes, or thick grass, it will lie till roused by the tread 



