SNIPE. 217 



plumage, it scarcely differs from the other; it is, however, fully 

 described in the Ornithological Dictionary , which says, that it is 

 rather larger than the Common Snipe, and stands higher on its legs : 

 was met with single, and not shy, suffering the person who killed it 

 to approach very near. 



This, according to Mr. Wilson, is the female of the Red-breasted, 

 or last Species. 



26— BLACK SNIPE. 



Tringa nigra, Ind. Orn. ii. 723. Gm. Lin. i. 659. 

 Black Snipe, Gen. Syn. v. 15:3. Arct. Zool. ii. 381. 



PLUMAGE most intensely black. Bill and legs red. Observed 

 by Steller, in the Islands towards America. 



27— RHENISH SNIPE. 



Tringa atra, Ind. Orn. ii. 238. Naturf. xiii. s. 193. Gm. Lin. i. 673. 

 Der Schwarze Strandlaufer, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 188* 

 Black-headed Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 313. 



THE head and neck in this bird are black; the back and wings 

 light brown, intermixed with black ; breast and belly grey ; rump 

 grey, streaked or undulated across with white. 



This frequents the banks of the Rhine. 



28— RUFOUS-BREASTED SNIPE. 



LENGTH fourteen inches. Bill three inches long, inclining a 

 little upwards, colour pale brown, with a dusky point; upper parts 

 of the head, neck, and back dusky black, mixed with irregular 

 blotches of rufous, but the sides, and front of the neck, and all 



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