SCOLOPAX GALLINULA 
JACK-SNIPE, 
Generic Character. 6'^<f Scolopax rufticola. 
Synonyms, 
ScoLOPAx Gal LIN u LA. Lin. Syfl. i,p, 244. 8. Ind, 
Orn» 2. p> 715. 8. 
Jack-Snipe or JaDCocK. Br^ ZooL 2» 189. iah> 68. 
lb. foL 121, Ar^\ Zool. 2. 367. 
Lath. Syn. 5. />. 136. 8. Mont. Orn. 
T)i5l. Vol. 2. Bewick's Br* Birds^ 
Pt. 2. p. 79. Alhin's Birds, 3. tab. 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 flender ; colour of the fexes alike. 
The Jack-Snipe is a foHtarybird, 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 diftance, and foon returns to the fpot 
where it ufually neflles j the fpecies is not fo numerous, or 
fo generally difperfed, as the common one, but is frequently 
found in the fame place. 
It 
