56 BIRDS. GRALLiE. 37. Scolopax. 



grey, beneath reddish-grey with dusky bars : lores 

 black : thighs feathered nearly to the knees. 



Woodcock. Br.Zool.t.65. Lewin t. 157 . Walcot. t. 136. 



Length 14 inches : extent 26 : weight about 13 ounces. 



Bill 3 inches and a hull" long, dusky towards the tip, furrowed 

 along the side of the uppcr-mandible : iris hazel : front and chin 

 grey: from the bill to thfef eyes a black stripe : tail short, dusky, 

 the outer-webs ferrate with rufous, the tips grey : legs pale 

 brown. 



170. Sc. major. Above testaceous variegated with black 

 and grey, beneath dirty-white spotted with black : 

 crown with a testaceous stripe down the middle, and 

 a black one each side of it. 



Great Snipe. Lewin t. 158. Walcot t. 137. 



Weight 8 ounces. Bill black, yellowish at the bafe : above and 

 beneath the eyes a testaceous streak : head and neck fpotted with 

 black : back, /capillars and coverts varied with testaceous black and 

 grey : breast and belly with heart-shaped fpots : sides undulate with 

 black : tail ferruginous, barred with black : legs blackish. 



171. Sc. Gallinago. Bill tubercled : body variegated with 

 blackish and fulvous, beneath white : front with 4 

 brown lines. 



Common Snipe.. Br. Zool.t. 68. Lewin t. 1 59. IValcott. 138. 



Length a foot : extent 18 inches : weight about 4 ounces. 



Bill 3 inches long, dusky, fiattish and rough at the end ; head with 

 4 brown lines, between which are 3 ferruginous ones : lores dusky :- 

 throat white : neck and breast fpotted with black : belly and vent 

 white : quills black, the first edged with white : back black, with 

 tawny bars and pale buff lines : tail-feathers black at the bafe : legs 

 lead-colour or brown, 



172. Sc. Gallinula. Bill tubercled : above variegated, 

 with a green and purple gloss: from the shoulders 

 to the tail 2 deep buff stripes : lores brown : legs 

 greenish. 



Jack Snipe. Br. Zool. t. 68. Lewin t. 160. Walcot t. 139. 



Length 8 inches and a half : extent 15 : zueight about 8 ounces. 



Bill lead-colour, black at the end : iris dusky : crown black, with 

 a yellowish border : over the eyes a yellowish streak ; neck varied 

 with whitish, brown, and pale red : rump glossy bluish-purple : 

 wing-coverts bordered with grey and brown : belly and vent white ." 

 tail-feathers pointed, brown with tawny borders. 



173. Sc. lapponica. Bill a little bending upwards, yel- 

 lowish : head, neck and breast reddish-ferruginous : 

 outer tail-feathers half white : legs Wackish. 



Red God wit. Br. Zool. t. 6j. Lewin. t. 161. IValcot t. 140. 



Length 18 inches : weight about 12 ounces.. 



Bill dusky at the point : iris hazel : body dusky above with ferrut 

 gjnous fpots : head bright ferruginous with duskv lines : breast and 

 sides with blackish tranfverfe lines; quills blackish, tipt with 

 white : belly and vent white, with dusky and pale ferruginous 

 marks: tail-feathers, except the 2 middle-ones, partly black partly 

 white. 



174. Sc. tzgocepJ.ala, Bill very slightly bending upwards; 

 body grey, more or less tinged M'ith pale ferruginous, 

 with dusky spots : beliy and vent white : tail With 

 dusky bars. 



Common Godwit. Lewin t. 162. Donovqn t. 75. Walcjt (j. >•£?:». 

 Length about i6 inches ; weight, 12 ouftteg or wore, 



