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COMMON SNIPE. 
(Gallinago media.) 
Ga. nigricante Jidvoque varia, subtus alba, frontis Ihieis Jiiscis 
quaternis, giild Jen-ngined. 
Snipe varied with dusky and fulvous, beneath white, the forehead 
with four fuscous lines, the throat rust- coloured. 
Scolopax Gallinago. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 244. Lin. Faun. Suec. 
173. Gniel. Syst. Nat. 1. 662. Raii. Syn. 105. A. Briss. Orn. 
5. 298. 2. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 715. Atk. comp. 143. 
Scolopax gallinaria. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 662. Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 715. variety. 
Scolopax media. Klein. Av. 99. 2. 
Becassine. Buff. Ois. 7- 483. pi. 26. Buff. PI. Enl. 883. 
Becassine ordinaire. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 439. LI. 2. Edit. 
ii. 676. 
Finmark Snipe. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 471. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 
136. 7. var. 
Snipe or Snite. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 187. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 
366. Alb. Brit. Birds, \. pl. 71. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 134. 6. 
Leiv. Brit. Birds, 4. 158. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. Beiv. Brit. 
Birds, 2. 68. Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vi. 18./)/. xlvii.y. 1. 
The Common Snipe is generally about twelve 
inches in length : its beak is nearly three inches 
long ; in some specimens pale brown, in others 
greenish yellow ; rather flat and dark at the tip : the 
head is divided longitudinally by three reddish-white 
lines, and two of black ; one of the former passing 
along the middle of the crown, and one above each 
eye : a dusky streak extends from the corners of the 
mouth nearly to the eyes, behind which is a small 
spot of the same colour : the chin and fore-part of 
