* the; outer toe ' j# connected at-the very hase with the middle
by a v e if small membrane hardly visible in young individuals,
which is^-ulso,.'the ease with T . plàtyrhynca : the nails are of a
blackish horn cojwjr. Such is this bird#ae it appears in the
- end of summer am^fepxlyim autumn ©n t!he- NeW J e r s e y coasts,
Still apparenüi^n l i r perfect nuptial d r ^ ^ or nearly sJf Mr.
Say informs^i^’^hat. all ;Àe individuaS^of the many locks
observed at Engineer Cantonment both in the spring add autumn
were of equal ‘siz-e j and we have also found the sexes to agree! in
jH j respect, perhaps more than is usual* in other Sandpipps : W
^spring^;drfess^iacfOrfe,g to the same author, t h r c o le ù ^ f ^the
uppeir part of the bird is much paler, almost destitute éf hlâck,
and the feather^prargined with pale cinereous-, « ^ e upper pa-rt
of the head is always darker than any part of the heck, and
margined with ferruginous: the plumage Of the nèek^henèath add
hrêaèt dops not appear to unctargo so much* change as that êf
the upper part of theJ|ody. Wé have, mot seen the bird in this
plumage, but it wiijJ be^ÿident to every ornithologist conversant
with the Sandpipell W^Çïlf^pecimens described by Say were
still in the winter d r » ^ R * e . may conclude that the changes
in this species are analogous to those of its allies..
,l - »-Several .specimens. Of both sexes - that we shot in - 'New • JeirêJéÿ,
evidently young birds, Hs'theywere killed at the same season as
the adults • déscribcd, are considerably paler and duller, the tints
being blSided and ill defined : tl^ white eve®: of the throat is
dingy, the Quills and tail-feathers. almost uûiformly dusky and
-destitute'0$ margins : they have not the least trace Of the outer
Uoe membrane..
REDiRREASTED SNIPE.
vÙStëOLOPSX G RISES. \ -
Plate^XXIIL Fig, 3.
See W ilson’s American Ornithology, Red-breasted Snipje, Seolopax mveboracensis, Vol.
” VIL g. 49, pi,’58. fig. Lfircthp suminer dresk
aeolapax grisea, Gmel. Syst j, ]Lj558, sp. 27. Lath. Ind. II, p. 724, sp. 33. Suppl.
I, p. 421, winter dress. T emm. Man. Om. II, p. 679. N ob. Ob». WiU.
Id. Cat. and Syn.'Bird1» Vf: S. spV&67, H s . Speech: Camp. sp!'206. 'fio.
Monog. Scolop. in Obs. Oüei
Seolopax noveboradÊisis, G mel. Syst. I, £H 65 8, sp. 28-. L a th . Ind. II, p.j723,! sp. 3%
i summer, (Jress, ‘
Seolopax Paykulli, N il s s . Orn. ifyee.IIjjp, XQ6, sp.' 186, tab- xi-
Seolopax leucophoea, Vibile. Gal. (Hs. II, p. 110,'tab.. 291, changing to the summer dress,
Seolopax grisea, V ieill. 'Nbuv. JMet. w in te r dress,
Tolanus griseus, Vie il l . Nmv. IKct witoter fessjÉjMI
Tot anusferrugineieollis. Eto il e , summe r dressM Ü
Totanus noveboracensis, Sabine, Zool, Jlpp. Franklin’s Exp, f t 687,-summer dress.
Maeroramphus griseus, L each, Cost, Mus. BrifSM9
Limosa scotopacea, Say, in Long’s Exp. II, p. 170, w m te r plumage.
Beccaceia grigia,1lA^iz. Elem.îlï, pt. w£T,n]^E6^ sp. 5-.. •
Bécassine grise, YiÈitE.'irom Did. I ll, pi 358..
Bécassine ponctuée, T emM. loc. cit.
Brown Snipe, P enn. Bret, Zool. II, sg.,369. Lath. Syn. Y, p. 154, sp. 26. Id. Gen. Eist
IX, p.- 216, sp, 25. MoNT.,Orn. Diet, with a good fig., in the Suppl, wjinter dress.
Bed-breasted Snipe, P enn. Bret. Zool. II,Xg. 368. Lath. Syn. Y, p ..t |3 , sp. 26. Id.
' Gen. Hist. IX, p. 2157 sp- 24j summer dress.
Gilaübraune Schnepfe, M eyer & Wotir/ Tbsc^.'III, p. 46‘..
Philadelphia Museum.
We can' add nothing ,to .the excellent account' given by our
predecessor .of, this remarkable species,but as he only figured it
in its suxrimer and moré familiar dress, our representation of the