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BIRDS. GRALL^. 53. Scolopax- 
' lnh.'h\ts America : 1 1 inches long •, tlefli delicious. 
Lower mandiiU much ihortcr ; from the bill to the eyes a duiky 
line ; greater wing-cox'erts with black and red aiigular lines, 
the inner ferruginous ; primary qtull fiathcrs duiky ; Lru. 
black, with a brown tip. 
Bill and legs brown ; lores and eyebrows black ; body 
black, varied above with rulous, beneath w'ith 
whitifh. Savanna fVood-coch 
Inhabits the favaruias of Cayenne.; Icfs than S. rulticola. 
Body beneath varied with black fpots. 
Legs and crow'n black, the latter with a pale divided line 
down the middle ; above and beneath the eyes a pale 
Break 1 body above varied, beneath white. 
> Great Snipe. 
Inhabits 5 iif nil, uvely Englaxxd : 16 inches long. 
Bill like S. rulticola ; lower feathers of xhe body, except the 
middle of the belly, edged w'lth black ; quill-feathers dufky ; 
tail-feathers rcddilh, and except the a middle ones with 
black lines. 
Jis_ Bill duiky, with a reddifh bafe ; legs brown ^ body above 
alhy-'brown fpotted with pale yellow, beneath white. 
Cayenne Snipe. 
Inhabits Cayenne ; 13 inches long. 
Oreater wing-coverts whitilli, lower ones varied with duiky and 
white ; quill-feathers brown, the bale and ,fome at the tip 
white ; throat a little fpotted ; rump white ; tail with 
duiky lines and tip. 
‘"s^oBill ftraight, tuberculatc; legs brown; body varied with 
blackilh and tawny, beneath white; front with 
4 brown lines. Common Snipe. 
Inhabits every where in marlby places ; near 12 inches long; 
feeds on worms, infefls and lelter reptiles ; flies with great 
Velocity, and lays 4 — ,5 dirty-olive eggs with reddilh fpots. 
Crown, bill, ocular band and wings black; cAhi pale rally; 
taiCjeathers black at the bafe ; rump variegated. 
Bill Itraight, tubcrculate; legs yellow; head grey i Body 
vari^ted. Finmark Sntpe. 
Inhabits finmark s refembles the laft. 
*Gallinula, 
