SCOLOPAX GALLINULA, 



JACK-SNIPE, 



Generic Character, ^d-^" Scolopax rufticola. 

 Synonyms. 



ScoLOPAx Gallinula. Lin, Syji. i,p, 244. 8. Ind, 

 Om. 2. 715. 8. 



Jack-Snipe or Judcock. Br, ZooL 2. 189. ialf, 68. 



Ih, foL 121. Ar5i. ZooL 2. 367. 

 Lath. Syn. 5.^. 136. 8. Mont. Orn, 

 T>i^, Vol. 2. Bewick's Bn Birds^ 

 Ft. 2. p. 79. Alhin's Birds, 3, tak 86, 



TThIS elegant fpecies weighs about two ounces, is eight 

 inches and a half in length, and thirteen in breadth. 



Bill two inches long ; irides hazel ; tail pointed ; legs deli- 

 cately {lender ; colour of the fexes alike. 



The Jack-Snipe is a folitary bird, frequenting thick fedgy 

 places, from which it is not eafily diflodged, and will 

 almoft fufFer itfelf to be trod on rather than take wing ; when 

 roufed, it flies but a fhort diflance, and foon returns to the fpot 

 where it ufually neftles ; the fpecies is not fo numerous, or 

 fo generally difperfed, as the common one, but is frequently 

 found in the fame place. 



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