BRITISH BIRDS, 
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JUDCOCK. 
JACK SNIPE, GID, OR JETCOCK. 
{Scolopax Gallinula^ Lin . — La petite Beca/Jine, BufF.) 
The Judcock, in its figure and, plumage, nearly 
i-efembles the Common Snipe 5 but it is only about 
half its weight, feldom exceeding two ounces, or 
meafuring more, from the tip of its beak to the end 
of its tail, than eight inches and a half : the bill is 
black at the tip, and light towards the bafe, and ra- 
ther more than an inch and a half in length. A 
black ftreak divides the head lengthwife from the 
bafe of the bill to the nape of the neck, and ano- 
ther, of a yellowifli colour, palfes over each eye to 
the hinder part of the head : in the midfi: of this, 
above the eye, is a narrow black (tripe running 
parallel with the top of the head from the crown to 
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