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Gallinago gallinago. 1. Russia. Below almost entirely 
white^ above with large patches of white. 
1. England. Cream-coloured variety, with pale 
chestnut markings. 
1. England. Pale chestnut and white ; head and 
neck of regular colour. 
1. England. Dark brown. An example of Sabine’s 
Snipe.” 
Gallinago major. Chosco, Russia. Remarkable variety, 
with upperside of a rusty-buff colour, with round spots 
and markings of black. 
Vanellus vanellus. Kildare, Ireland. White, with dark 
chest, and the dark markings on the tail, head, and 
wings regularly developed. 
1. England. Like the preceding one, but with some 
irregular patches of ordinary coloration. 
1. England. Like the specimen from Kildare, but 
the tail entirely white, and the pectoral band grey 
instead of black. 
OcYDROMUs AUSTRALIS. Ncw Zealand. White, with a deep- 
brown rump and some brown patches on the head. 
1. New Zealand. White, with some brown patches 
and spots irregularly distributed. 
Gallinula chloropus. White, with black spots on the 
wing-coverts and some of the remiges black. 
Crex crex. 1. Ireland. White, with irregular broivn 
patches above and on the sides. 
1. Ireland. Chick, pure white with one brown patch 
on the back. 
Rallus aquaticus. 1. Tipperary, Ireland. Pure white all 
over. 
2. Ireland. Pale everywhere, as if the colour had 
faded away. 
Limosa melanura. S Holland. White, with tail, 
quills, and part of the uj)perside cream-coloured. 
