. A general synopsis of birds . f the body, wings, andtail, are afh-colour, tranfverfely waved and crofled with black •,.trioft regular on the wing coverts, each feather of which ismarked with four or five yellowilh bars on the inner web, and asmany round fpots of the fame on the outer: the tail feathers •are alfo marked in the fame manner; the four middle feathers-having bars of the yellowilh colour, and the four outer ones oneach fide fpots, as in the quills : the inner edge of the wing, inthe courfe of the fcapulars, ftreaked with white :. legs Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope* ,
. A general synopsis of birds . f the body, wings, andtail, are afh-colour, tranfverfely waved and crofled with black •,.trioft regular on the wing coverts, each feather of which ismarked with four or five yellowilh bars on the inner web, and asmany round fpots of the fame on the outer: the tail feathers •are alfo marked in the fame manner; the four middle feathers-having bars of the yellowilh colour, and the four outer ones oneach fide fpots, as in the quills : the inner edge of the wing, inthe courfe of the fcapulars, ftreaked with white :. legs Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope* , 9„ TPHE top of the head, throat, and fore part of the neck, are VAR. A. X r 1 ■ 1 n 1 • 1 rurous chelnut: chin almoft white: the eye furrounded with black, and placed in a large bed of white, pointing to the hind head; the reft of the head, neck, and breaft, black : the backs,rump, wing coverts, and fecond quills, dark olive green, ele-gantly mottled and barred with dufky : fcapulars white : the two7 middle <7/l£ iJ/u/f/.. Van A. 139 middle tail feathers like the back; the others, and greater quills,dufky black, marked with large orange fpots, five or fix on eachfeather : belly, thighs, and vent, white : bill and legs pale defcription and figure of this variety is taken from apainting by the late Mr. Edwards, now in my pofleffion. La Becaffine de la Chine, Buf. Oif. vii, p. 495.—PI. Enl. 881. o. Var. than the common Snipe: length ten inches. Bill yellow, with a dufky tip: top of the head brown, mixed withblack: down the middle of the crown, and over each eye, a ftripeof white: the chin white: the reft of the head and neck mixedgrey and pale brown : the fore part of the neck is ftreaked per-pendicularly j and the back part, and all round the bottom, tranf-verfely : the upper part of the body and wings delicately mixedand waved with blueifh grey, brown, pale rufous, and black :breaft and under parts white : qui
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