CAPE RHYNCHiEA. 
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They resemble the Snipes, but their colours are 
more brilliant, and they are remarkable for the ocel- 
lated spots with which the feathers of their wings and 
tails are adorned. Their habits are unknown. 
CAPE RHYNCH^A, 
(Rhynchaea Capensis.) 
Rh. rostro lineaque verticis rufescentibus, fascia pectorali nigra, 
lined utrinque dorsali alba. 
Rhynchaea with the beak and a line on the vertex reddish^ a 
black fascia on the breast, and a white line on each side of the 
back. 
Scolopax capensis. Linn. Si/st. Nat. 1. 246. 14. Gmel. Syst. 
Nat. 1. 666. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 716. 
Gallinago Capitis Boni Spei. Briss. Orn. App. 141.^/. 6, 
La Becassine du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Biiff. Ois. 7 . 494. 
Buff. PI. Enl. 270. 
Cape Snipe. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 138. 9. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 
i. 244. 
This bird is the size of the common Snipe : its 
length is ten inches : its beak is one inch and three 
quarters in length ; its colour is reddish brown : the 
crown of the head is ash-coloured, crossed with black 
streaks : down the middle is a pale band from the 
base of the beak to the hind head ; round the eyes 
white, ending in a streak behind : the under part is 
bounded by a black line ; the rest of the head and 
neck are rufous : the upper part of the body, wings, 
and tail are ash-coloured, transversely waved and 
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