150 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Description. 



THE RED-SHANK 



WEIGHS about five ounces and an half, and 

 is twelve inches long. The bill is two inches, red 

 at the base, and black towards the point. The 

 head, neck, and scapulars are dusky ash-colour, 

 obscurely spotted with black : the back is white, 

 spotted with black : the breast is white, streaked 

 with dusky lines. When its nest is in danger, 

 it makes a noise somewhat similar to that of the 

 lapwing. 



THE SNIPE, 



FROM the point of the bill to the end of the 

 tail, is about twelve inches, and from the point of 

 each wing when extended about fifteen or six- 

 teen, the head is divided by a pale and red line, 

 which runs longways, parallel to which on each 

 side is a black line, and over the eyes there runs 

 another line pretty much of the same colour of 

 that on the middle of the head; it has a white 

 place under the bill. The feathers that spring 

 from the shoulders are so long that they reach 

 almost as far as the end of the tail, the outward 

 half from the shaft being of a pale red. The 

 colours thus succeeding each other, make two 



