. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. MACRORHAMPHUS GRISEUS : GRAY SNIPE. 199 and sides heavily shaded with gray, leaving chin whitish ; the flanks and crissum with wavy, dusky spots or bars. Length) to i°7S i extent, ; wing, , average about ; tail, ; tarsus, , average ; bill, , very variable. (The alleged differences of the supposed variety M. scolopaceus are given beyond.) A common spring and autumn migrant. It is also considered by both Dr. Brewer
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. MACRORHAMPHUS GRISEUS : GRAY SNIPE. 199 and sides heavily shaded with gray, leaving chin whitish ; the flanks and crissum with wavy, dusky spots or bars. Length) to i°7S i extent, ; wing, , average about ; tail, ; tarsus, , average ; bill, , very variable. (The alleged differences of the supposed variety M. scolopaceus are given beyond.) A common spring and autumn migrant. It is also considered by both Dr. Brewer and Mr. Boardman to be a summer resident in northern New England, but we have no defi- nite advices of its breeding in our" limits. It certainly nests very far northward, even to the Arctic Coasts of North America, though many individuals re-appear among us in August. The birds become abundant during the following month, and afford excellent sport to the gunners. They frequent mud-bars, flat and marshy mead- ows, in flocks often of considera- ble size, and are in good condition for the table. Of several sets of eggs I have examined, laid either by this spe- cies or by var. scolopaceus, high in boreal regions of the United States, one set contains four eggs, another three, another only two; but we must presume that four is the regular nest-complement. The eggs are not peculiar among their allies in any respect, and probably no description would. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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