332 THE WOOD-SNIPE.
In the plate,* given at the close of this article, we have
endeavoured to exhibit, in juxtaposition, characteristic representations
of the lower tail-coverts, tail-feathers, and winglinings
of this present species, the Eastern Solitary Snipe, and
the Common and Pintail Snipes. The figure of these parts
in the Wood-Snipe is very good and characteristic, but specimens
do vary so inter se that it is difficult to make much of
such plates.
* Tins Plate is partly compiled from Mr, Hodgson's drawings.
