BROWN LONGBEAK. 
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than in that of the Woodcock : added to which, the 
membrane between its two outer toes marks a di- 
stinctive character. 
BROWN LONGBEAK. 
(MacTorhamphus griseus,) 
Ma. cinereo-fmca nigro nchulosa, alisjicscis, siiperciliis gula ventre 
Jemoribusque albis, iiropijgio rectricibusque nigro Jasciatis. 
Ashy-brown Longbeak clouded with black, with the wings brown, 
the eye-brows, throat, belly, and thighs white, the rump and 
tail-feathers striped with black. 
Winter Dress. — Scolopax grisea. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 658. 
Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 724. AtL comp. 143. 
Macrorhamphus griseus. Leach. Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 31. 
Scolopax Paykullii. Nills. Orn. Suec.2. 106. 
Becassine ponctuee. Temm. man. d'Orn. 2. Edit. ii. 679. 
Brown Snipe. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 365. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 
154. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. and pi. in Sup. 
Summer Dress. — Scolopax Noveboracensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1. 658. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 723. 
Totanus Noveboracensis. Sabine, Frank. Journ. Ajyp. 687. 
Red-breasted Snipe. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 368. Lath. Gen. Syn. 
5. 153. Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 45.jol. Ixvii.y^ 1. 
The winter plumage of this rare bird answers to 
the following description : its length is about ten 
inches and a half : its beak is brown : the top of its 
head, the neck, breast, and wing-coverts are plain 
ashy-brown : between the beak and eye is a stripe of 
the same colour : the eyebrows, belly, throat, and 
thighs are pure white : the sides of the body are 
