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The Snipe is included in Professor Ansted's list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey: it is difficult to say why this should be, when the Solitary Snipe and the Jack Snipe are marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark, and all three are, at least, as common in Alderney as in the other two Islands. There is one specimen in the Museum. JACK SNIPE. Gallinago gallinula, Linnaeus.
The jaguar pursues the turtle quite into the water, and when not very deep, digs up the eggs; they, with the alligator, the heron, and the gallinago vulture ore the most formidable enemies the little turtles have.
Mr. MacCulloch also writes me word that the Solitary Snipe occasionally occurs. It is included in Professor Ansted's list, and marked by him as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There is no specimen at present in the Museum. SNIPE. Gallinago gallinaria, Gmelin. French, "Bécassine ordinaire."
Bald Coot PORPHYRIO MELANONOTUS. Little Quail TURNIX VELOX. Pectoral Rail HYPOTAENIDIA PHILIPPINENSIS. Crane or Native Companion ANTIGONE AUSTRALASIANA. Snipe GALLINAGO AUSTRALIS.
Scolopax frenata, tail feathers of; Scolopax gallinago, drumming of. Scolopax javensis, tail-feathers of. Scolopax major, assemblies of. Scolopax Wilsonii, sound produced by. Scolytus, stridulation of. Scoter-duck, black, sexual difference in coloration of the; bright beak of male. Scott, Dr., on idiots smelling their food. Scott, J., on the colour of the beard in man.
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