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JScolopax Hudfonica exifts no longer in the country; we faw it fop 

 the laft time in the poffeffion of an intelligent German naturalift *, the 

 day previous to its departure for the Imperial cabinet at Vienna about 

 twelve years ago. We have no notes upon the fubjedt, but fo far 

 as memory can be relied upon, the fize and general afpeft could not 

 be materially different, with the exception only of the tail, which 

 was black and white, but not difpofed in alternate bands as in the 

 prefent bird ; the bafe was white and the pofterior half, or rather 

 more, black without bands. But for this latter circumflance we 

 fliould have little hefitation in believing them the fame fpecies ; nor 

 are we yet entirely fatisfied that the diftindlions which do exift Ihould 

 be attributed to any other caufe than a difference in the Hate of plu- 

 mage arifing from the effe6l of climate. 



We have feen this bird placed in the arrangement of Britifli birds^ 

 under the name of Scolopax Noveboracenfis, and generally fpeaking, 

 it has obtained the name of Red-breafted Snipe, and Red Godwit ; 

 with refpea to the latter it is exceptionable, becaufe it may poflibly 

 lead to forae confufion between this kind and the bird already known 

 ' under the fame Englilh appellation. As to its analogy with the 

 fpecies defcribed under the name of Noveboracenfis we muft confefs 

 we cannot perceive it ; nor fhall we venture to place it in our lift of 

 fynonyms, with the mark of doubt, allowing even for the imperfe^ 

 accounts we happen to poffefs of the latter bird. 



The length of this bird is between fifteen and fixteen Inches. 



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* Mr. Leopold Fichtel. 



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