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coverts, which are pale brown ; the edge of the wing the whole 

 length, the greater quills, and tail, yellowish white ; the wings 

 exceed the tail a trifle in length ; the legs are pretty long, deep 

 brown ; toes divided, as in the Snipe Genus. Mr. Pennant has 

 considered this bird as belonging to the Avoset, and we have formerly 

 inclined to his opinion, but from further information, we do not 

 hesitate to restore it to the rank it held in Linrxeus ; and although it 

 may not prove, according to Mr. Edwards, a distinct species; we 

 may hereafter find it to be a Variety of a Godwit merely, but of 

 what species, we cannot at present determine. 



Among the drawings of Mr. Dent is a bird with a dusky bill, 

 turning up like that of the Avoset, but not finishing in a sharp 

 point; plumage above pale blue grey; back and wings darker; 

 quills black ; all the under parts white ; between the bill and eye 

 a dusky mark, and above it, from the forehead, a whitish one, 

 reaching to the eye; on the sides of the head and throat some minute 

 dusky specks, and some markings of the same kind above ; legs 

 dusky yellow, claws black; the size is not mentioned ; in the draw- 

 ing the bird measures only eight inches. 



.30— BHEGOUDEE SNIPE. 



LENGTH eleven or twelve inches. Bill from the base to the 



middle pale red, the end half smaller in proportion, and black ; 



general colour of the plumage above dirty buff, dashed with purplish 



brown on the crown, nape, and neck ; but the back and wings, for 



the most part, purplish brown, margined, or waved with buff; second 



quills barred with purplish black ; lesser wing coverts ash-colour, 



with paler margins ; outer edge of the wing barred ash-colour and 



white; bastard wing and great quills ash-colour, the ends of the 



former white; the two middle tail feathers as the back, the others 



ash-colour; fore part of the head, throat, and sides, dusky white, 



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