SNIPE. 
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base point, and of a dirty eelskin colour at the 
cjjg it is tumid and wrinkled,- lores, dusky; 
Wit}, * eyebrows, pale yellowish white, mottled 
CqIo of black ; throat and breast, a reddish buff 
'''hit "'hite, barred with black ; belly and vent, 
abov*’ I ® I'ltter barred with dnsky ; crown, neck 
iftottf’j seapulafs., and tertials, black, edged, 
bri„i *'*’ and marbled with yellowish white, pale and 
ooj^ ' “'■'■ug'inous, much in tiie same manner as the 
Centr snipe ; wings, plain olive, the secondaries, 
and bordered with white ; shaft of the first 
consi n-hite; rump, tail-coverts, and tail (which 
^lad *** twelve feathers,) white, thickly spotted with 
legs and feet, dull yellowish green; outer toe 
^erv* j middle one by a small membrane ; eye, 
aaj, 'hirk. The female, which is paler on the back, 
Pj ruddy on the breast, has been described by Mr 
ij. ant as a separate species. * 
of birds doubtless breed not far to the northward 
of (}j® United States, if we may judge from the lateness 
of ii* ®®nson when they leave us in spring, the largeness 
^®Part ovaries of the females before they 
Of all fbe short period of time they are absent, 
the sea-side snipes, it is the most numerous, and 
delicious for the table. From these circum- 
Soffjp®®’ nnd the crowded manner in which it flies and 
't is the most eagerly sought after by our 
®’'s, who send them to market in great numbers. 
SCBCiENCS 11 SCOLOVAX, VLEILt. 
■ BBF.nMll, KAOP . — SCOLOrAX OALI.INAOO, WILS. 
WILSON, PLATE LVIII. FIG. I. 
Ti 
Hot |,*|* is well know'n to our sportsmen 
the 
and, if 
same, has a very near resemblance to the 
nn snipe of Europe. It is usually known by the 
See bis Brown Snipe, Arctic Zoology, No. 369. 
