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BIRDS. GRALL^^. Scolopax. 
^ Bill black : legs yellow : body varied with black and 
, , , . , . Stone 
Inhabits during the autumn the fandy ftiores of Laheee' 
twice as large as S. gallinago ; is perpetually jioddi’’^ 
7 izt/ and with black and white lines; priiiiarv 
thers dulky. ^ 
Scimpal- Scmipalmate legs and bill dullcv i head and neck 
mata. black and white ; breaft ‘white dotted with bl^‘- 
back cinereous, with black arrow-fhaped fpot*' , v 
, , Semtpahnateel 
Inliabits Aesi York : inches long. (i* 
Belly white ; flanks white, with tranfverre black 
niary quill-feathers dulky, w-ith an oblioue white bat'* ); 
condary white j middle lail-Jeathers cinereous, whb “ 
lines, outer ones white. 
* Rujiieila, BiW llraight, reddilh at the bale: legs cinereous: 
covered ; head with a black band each fide. , 
Ifoed-^ 
2. Body white, 
3. Very pale firaw-colour. 
4b Head reddilh : body whitq ; wings brown. 
' 5. Body fpotted : wings fnoWy, 
Inhabits the northern parts of flurope, Afin tsnA 
migrates in winter to the more temperate countries ; 
long ; feeds on worms and infefts which it fearches 
its long bill in loft ground and moift woods ; {I'fS by . JjlJ* 
and returns to its day retreat the lame way but Ibwet 
on the ground, generally at the root of a tree, and 
eggs, rully svith brown fpots ; flefii and intcilincs 
Upper mandihk longer, reddilh at the hafe ; front 
lower eyelid white; croain, neck above, back and “'j^’lli' 
verts ferrugirious mixed with black and grey ; chin 
throat yellowifli, with finall dulky fpots ; body_ ^ .fiji’' 
whitilh, with dulky tines ; quill-featkers dulky, . Hf 
!;ular rufous fpots ; tail rounded, cinereous at the “P ’ 
browtiilb. 
Afiner, 
Bill firaight; legs brownifh ; front cinereous: 
black, with 4 tranfverfe yellowifh lines : chio 
body above black waved with tawnyilh, tenf , > 
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