THE SEMIPALMATED SNIPE, OR WILLET. 
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and rump white ; the lower and upper tail-coverts with a few undulated lines 
of brownish-grey ; the wings as in summer, as is the tail, only that the mid- 
dle feathers are grey. 
Length 15 £ inches ; wing from flexure 84 ; extent of wings 31 ; tail, 3^ ; 
bill along the back 2 T 7 2 , along the edge of lower mandible 2f| ; tarsus 1 T 7 2 ; 
middle toe l/ 2 , its claw £. Weight 10 oz. 
Female. Length to end of tail 154 inches, to end of wings 16, to end 
of claws 18i ; wing from flexure 94 ; tail 34 ; bill along the ridge 2 T 7 2 , along 
the edge of lower mandible 2 T 8 2 ; bare part of tibia l,- s 2 ; tarsus 2 r 7 2 ; first 
toe x 2 , its claw y 2 ; second toe 1 T 2 2 , its claw ; third toe 1$|, its claw ; 
fourth toe 1 T 2 2 , its claw T 2 2 ; extent of wings 30£. 
Mouth very narrow, its 
width being only5 twelfths; 
the two longitudinal ridges 
on the palate remarkably 
elevatedandthin; two series 
of papillae ; posterior aper- 
ture of nares linear ; ante- 
rior part of upper mandible 
flat, with a median promi- 
nent line, and thin project- 
ing edges ; lower mandible 
deeply grooved. Tongue 
1 inch 8 twelfths long, 
trigonal, slender, tapering 
to a slender horny channel- 
led point; its base emargi- 
nate and papillate. (Eso- 
phagus, a b c, 61 inches 
in length, 11 twelfths in 
width; proventriculus, b c, 
10 twelfths broad. Sto- 
mach, c d e, a very strong 
gizzard, of a roundish form, 
14 inches long, and of the 
same breadth ; its lateral 
muscles very large and dis- 
tinct, as are the tendons ; 
epithelium very thick, 
dense, with two oblong 
grinding plates, each having 
