tell-tale codwit, or snipe. 85 
® Cliattcaux Bay, continually nodding their heads, 
Th Ciihcd there stone curlews.* 
durj ® *^'!ll-tale seldom flies in large flocks, at least 
®^udd^ ®‘*'*iraer. It delights in watery hogs, and the 
“•^arelP of creeks and inlets ; is either seen 
Posti ‘ihont for food, or standing in a watchful 
0 ^ ^ilternately raising and lowering the head, and, 
Ivhis/i** fo<>st appearance of danger, utters its shrill 
by all mounts on wing, generally accompanied 
ally leathered tribes that are near. It occasion- 
lac,, ''®l‘®l''‘itcs inland along the muddy shores of our 
8iu®l ‘^Pers, seldom higher than tide irater, and then 
bei?,/ ‘'.'‘d solitary. They sometimes rise to a great 
l)(.y 'V'* the air, and can be distinctly heard when 
arc f •'oach of the eye. In the fall, n heu they 
*heni**’ ^osh is highly esteemed, and many of 
*har|-' hronght to our markets. The colours and 
tliat ''''"i^ ot this bird are so like those of the preceding, 
in point of size, and the particular curva- 
hoth hill, the description of one might serve for 
Tl 
ttvciif \*;*^'hde is fourteen inches and a half long, and 
apj ^T'hve inches in extent ; the hill is two inches 
bem‘ fl'’''trter long, of a dark horn colour, and slightly 
’ the space round the eye, chin, and 
''■kite’ ^***'^® "liitc; lower part of the neck, pale ashy 
"Ppei’ **h'mkled with black ; general colour of the 
auf\ «shy brown, thickly spotted with black 
On * "’bite, each feather being bordered and spotted 
pritij^ "'ith black; uing-qni 11s, black; some of the 
“f the secondaries, with their coverts, 
an([ I •‘oiind the margins with black and n hite; head 
Ond y j above, streaked with black and white ; belly 
tai^ gp ’ P”''® mliite; rump, white, dotted with black; 
’^Wo(l **** " hite, barred with brown ; the wings, when 
*■"’0 in' beyond the tail ; thighs' naked, nearly 
'lUartp ‘‘hove the knees; legs, two inches and three 
fs long; feet, four-toed, the outer joined by a 
* Arctic Zoology, p. 468. 
