. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . forced to pass them by with two exceptions,namely, the 304 LEWIS S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. SCOLOPAX FLAVIPES—YELLOW-SHANKS SNIPE; AND SCOLOPAX VOCI-FERUS—TELLTALE SNIPE, GODWIT, OR GREATER YELLOW-SHANKSSNIPE. Both these birds are well but not favorably known to the marketshooters of Philadelphia and New York, as they are extremely shyand very vigilant, and often give notice, by their shrill whistle, of theapproach of the pot-hunter when he would not have been observe
. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . forced to pass them by with two exceptions,namely, the 304 LEWIS S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. SCOLOPAX FLAVIPES—YELLOW-SHANKS SNIPE; AND SCOLOPAX VOCI-FERUS—TELLTALE SNIPE, GODWIT, OR GREATER YELLOW-SHANKSSNIPE. Both these birds are well but not favorably known to the marketshooters of Philadelphia and New York, as they are extremely shyand very vigilant, and often give notice, by their shrill whistle, of theapproach of the pot-hunter when he would not have been observedby the less wary fowl feeding around. This habit of timely warn-ing their careless companions of the danger that is encompassingthem has given rise to their respective appellations of Greater orLesser Telltale. Notwithstanding their uncommon vigilance, theyare, nevertheless, often brought to bag, and in the autumn theirflesh is not unfrequently very savory. These birds resemble eachother so very much in their general appearance and plumage thatthe difference in their size alone is the most distinguishing
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