YELLOW-SHANKS SNIPE. 123 
brown above, in .some black, all white below; lesser wing-co- 
verts dusky, slightly edged with white, and in some spotted 
with brown on the exterior vanes; secondaries slightly edged 
with white; legs bare above the knees upwards of an inch; length 
of tarsus two inches; outer toe connected as far as the first joint 
to the middle one, the membrane of the inner toe quite small; 
legs and feet yellow ochre; the claw of the middle toe has the 
appearance of having a supplemental nail at its base. A young 
male shot at the same time, had its upper parts mixed with cine- 
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reous.' 
