BIRDS. GRALhJE. 31. Scolopax. 57 



Bill dusky at the point : iris hazel: from the bill to the eye a 

 broad white stripe: chin white, fometimes fpotted : neck, breast, 

 and back, with or without a ferruginous tinge : quill-feathers dusky, 

 more or lefs tipt or edged with white : tail-coverts mostly white ; 

 Um i dusky or bluish. 



175/ Sc. limosa. Bill slightly bending: upwards; body 

 grey-brown with a mixture of ferruginous : belly, 

 vent, and rump white : quills white at the base, ex- 

 cept the 4 first: tail white at the base. 



Jadreka Snipe. Lewin t. 163. Bujfon j-P- 5PP* h 27. 

 Length 17 inches : extent 28 inches: weight 9 ounces. 

 Bill yellowish at the bafe, and furroundcd with reddish feathers* 

 iris whitish: cheeks reddish: over the eyes a white line : back 

 brown 1 first 3 quill-feathers with a .white shaft : wings with a white 

 line: 2 middle tail-feathers black, the rest more and more white: 

 legs dusky. 



116. Sc. Glottis. Grey-brown with blackish spots: eye- 

 brows, lower part*of the back, and under parts 

 white : tail white with &isky bars : legs dusky- 

 green. 



Greenshank. Lewin t. 164. Walcot. t. 142. Will. t. 55. 



Length 14 inches : extent 28 inches : weight about 6 ounces. 



Bill dusky, slender, the upper-mandible curved a little downwards 

 at the tip, the lower upwards : head and neck with dusky lines : 

 over the eyes a white line : wing-coverts, fcapulars, and fome of the 

 inner quills with a gloss of green : quills dusky, with white fpots 

 on the inner-webs : legs long, slender. 



117. Sc. Totanus. Blackish with white spots : breast 

 white with fine black lines: belly and \cnt white: 

 lateral tail-feathers whitish with blackish bars : 

 legs red. 



Spotted Snipe. Lewin t. 165. Albin ii. t. 71. 



Size of the last. Bill reddish at the base : iris reddish : head pale 

 ash with black streaks : back dusky, with triangular white fpots z 

 zving-coverts ash-colour, with triangular white fpots : quills dusky : 

 middle tail-feathers grey. 



ITS. Sc canescens. Variegated with cinereous and white : 

 throat and breast whitish, the latter with cinereous 

 spots : tail with cinereous bars. 



Cinereous Godwit. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. n. 180. t. 66. 



Size of S. Glottis, but the bill is black and much thicker, and the 

 legs ash-colour. 



179. Sc. Cantabrigemis* Grey-brown, beneath white : 

 wing-coverts and tail-feathers with blackish bars : 

 legs orange-red. 



Cambridge Godwit. Penn. Brit. Zool. \'\. p. 447. n. 185. 



Larger than S. Calidris. Lesser wing-coverts brown, edged with 

 dirty white, and barred with black ; primaries dusky, whitish on 

 their inner sides ; fecondaries barred with dusky and wh.ite : under 

 side of the neck and br£ust dirty white : belly and vent white : tail 

 with cinereous and black bars. 



ISO. Sc. Calidris. Variegated white brown and grey : 

 hill red : legs orange-red : over the eyes a white 

 line : secondary qu ill-feat hers tipt with white. 



Redshank. Brit. Zool. t. 65. Lewin t. 166. Donov. t. 112. 

 Length 12 inches : extent 22 : weight 5 ounces and a half. 

 Bill with a black tip ; iris hazel : head and neck grey-brown with 



