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INTRODUCTION. 
Williams’s specimen was shot at Cai-nanton, Cornwall, In January 1862. As to this, see ‘Zoologist,’ 1862, 
pp. 7883 and 7938. 
301. GaLLINAGO nUSSATA. 
Russet Snipe. 
This remarkable Snipe, which often weighs six ounces, not unfrequently occurs in our markets. Mr. 
Rodd, of Penzance, and sportsmen generally, often speak of this bird when writing to a friend, asking its 
name &c. The term russatn will be found mentioned in the folio edition in the letterpress to the Common 
Snipe. 
Genus Limnocryptes. 
302. Limnocryptes gallinula ......... Vol. IV. PI. LXXX. 
Jack Snipe. 
Although instances are on record in which this bird has been met with in this country in summer, there is 
no sufficient evidence of its having bred here, and it must continue to be regarded as a regular winter 
visitant. 
The generic terms Phalaropus and Lobipes have been instituted for the fairy-like Phalaropes, of which there 
are three species, two of which frequent Britain. 
Genus Phalaropus. 
303. Phalaropus fulicarius .......... Vol. IV. PI. LXXXI. 
Grey Phalarope (summer plumage). 
This beautiful little bird has of late years been noticed as a regular autumn visitant, occasionally appearing 
in considerable numbers. It is remarkable that although flocks pass through England in the autumn when 
the species is moving southward for the winter, none are seen here on the return journey in spring, which 
shows that they go back by a dilferent route. 
304. Phalaropus fulicarius . . ....... Vol. IV. PI. LXXXII. 
Grey Phalarope (winter plumage). 
Genus Lobipes. 
305. Lobipes hyperboreus . . . . . . • • . • Vol. IV. PI. LXXXIII. 
Red-necked Phalarope. 
In England this graceful little bird is an occasional winter visitant. Never seen in such numbers as the 
