ORNITHOLOGY IN 1850. 
cipal month of their appearance, and during which no fewer than 
429 are recorded having been killed; while during the whole time 
they were observed, 586 specimens were known to have been ob- 
tained—a most useless slaughter. We are glad to observe the form 
of the tail in the Snipes is beginning to attract attention; and we 
shall ascertain soon what is the extent of the variation, and whether 
S. brehmi is a good species, The bird mentioned, p. 2073, only 
differed in the proportion of the length of the tail-feathers, and 
is not stated to possess sixteen as S. brehmi should do. 

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