¡•114 BROWN SNIPE.
dull and the black becomes deep brown; they reach nearly to the end
of the tail. Legs and toes, greenish brown, tinged with grey; claws,
black. '
Dining the change from the summer plumage to the winter, the
bird naturally passes through many shades of dark and grey brown,
to the grey of the latter season.
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