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DRUMMOND’S SNIPE. 
Jars and interscapulars. Middle dorsal plumage and first quill fringed with 
white, and most of the wing-coverts and lesser quills tipped with the same. 
Shafts of the primaries deep brown ; an inch of the first near its point 
whitish. Rump and tail-coverts rich greenish-black, with reddish- orange or 
ferruginous ends, crossed by a blackish subterminal line, and tipped with 
white ; the three exterior pairs barred alternately with clove-brown and 
brownish-wliite, the white tips broader ; the two intermediate pairs coloured 
nearly like the middle ones, but partly barred and tipped with white. Under 
plumage. A dark brown stripe on the lores, another under the ear. Sides 
of the head, front of the neck and breast pale wood-brown, with central 
spots of dark umber ; the flanks, insides of the wings, and under tail-coverts, 
barred with black and white, which on the latter is tinged with brown. 
Belly white. Bill blackish towards its tip, dark wood-brown at the base. 
“ Form typical ; one small fold of the epidermis at the upper base of the 
bill ; tail rather long, graduated, the feathers decreasing a little in breadth-as 
they are more exterior. 
“ Length to end of tail ID inches ; tail 2ff ; wing 5f; bill above 2 r L, rictus 
2f|; bare part of tibia T \;- tarsus lyR middle toe If Jr, its nail T 3 ^; inner toe 
t|; hind toe T \ , its nail fj.” 
RED-BREASTED SNIPE. 
Scolopax Noveboracensis, Gmel. 
PLATE COCLI. — -Adult l\ t Summer and “Winter. 
On our arrival at the mouths of the Mississippi, on the first of April, 1837, 
I observed large flocks of this species on their way eastward. They were 
still in their winter plumage, and it was pleasing to see in how short a period 
that garb was changed, as we had opportunities of observing during our 
progress. At Grande Terre, on the 4th, several having reddish feathers 
scattered over their lower parts were procured. On the 13th, at Cayo 
Island, the change of colour was very considerable in some specimens, which 
I found to be old birds, while the younger were quite grey above, and white 
beneath. At Derniere Isle on the 16th, several were shot in as fine plumage 
