240 SNIPE. 



belly, and thighs, white; the first thinly spotted with black; two 

 middle tail feathers ash-colour, the rest whitish, barred with black ;* 

 legs long, bright red. 



Inhabits various parts of the Continent of Europe, also met with 

 in England. We have seen one in the collection of the late Taylor 

 White, Esq. Mr. Pennant mentions another in the possession of 

 Miss Mey rick, of Beaumaris, killed in Anglesea; and a third in 

 that of Colonel Montagu, shot on the coast of Devonshire, in the 

 month of August. 



A.— Spotted Woodcock, Phil. Trans, v. 62. 410. 

 Die gefleckte Strandschnepfe, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 125. 

 Spotted Snipe, Gen. Syn. v. 149. A. 



LARGER than the last; length nearly sixteen inches. Bill 

 more than two inches long, and brown ; orbits, chin, and throat, 

 white ; from the bill to the eye a line of white; cheeks and fore part 

 of the neck white, with short, dusky streaks ; crown and upper 

 part of the neck brown, streaked with white; wings black, marked 

 with elegant, triangular, white spots; breast and belly white; legs 

 long, and of a rich yellow, sometimes red. 



Inhabits North America : common at Hudson's Bay ; comes into 

 the neighbourhood of Albany Fort, the end of April, or beginning 

 of May, and departs the end of September ; frequents the banks of 

 rivers, feeding on small fish and worms : on its return southward 

 stops at New York for a time, after which it proceeds southward to 

 pass the winter. Called by the natives Sa-sa-shew, by the English 

 Yellow-legs. This, with several other Snipes and Sandpipers, are 

 called there Humilities. 



* In all which have been inspected by Col. Montagu, the two middle tail feathers are 

 equally barred with the others ; and he observes, that the two middle and the outmost tail 

 feathers are the longest, giving the appearance of a double concave; but this we have ob- 

 served in other Sandpipers, though perhaps in a less degree. 



