. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. V. WILSON'S SNIPE. ENGLISH SNIPL:. COMMON SNIl'K. JACK SNIPE. SHAD BIRD. ("i I III IK Al A. CllAK. Alcove, mottled l)ro\vii, l), .Tiul buff; tail witli siihtcrmiual bars of nifoiis aiul black ; crown dii>kv, with medial stripe nf buff; imk and breast pale brown, spotted with ;kv; bellv white, sides with dark bars. Length about ii inches. A't'sf. ,\mid a tussock of i^rass or bunch o
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. V. WILSON'S SNIPE. ENGLISH SNIPL:. COMMON SNIl'K. JACK SNIPE. SHAD BIRD. ("i I III IK Al A. CllAK. Alcove, mottled l)ro\vii, l), .Tiul buff; tail witli siihtcrmiual bars of nifoiis aiul black ; crown dii>kv, with medial stripe nf buff; imk and breast pale brown, spotted with ;kv; bellv white, sides with dark bars. Length about ii inches. A't'sf. ,\mid a tussock of i^rass or bunch of moss in a wi t UKadow or marjjin of a marsh, —a slight depression in the turf simringly lined with grass, leaves, or feathers. /\{Xs. 3-4 ; olive of various shades, spotted with brown and lavender ; X riu- Snipe of North .America, so nearly related to that of Miirope, is fotnid, according to the season, in e\ ery pan of the continent, from Hudson Hay to Cayenne, and does not appear, indeed, sufficiently distinct from the I^razilian Snipe of Swain- son, which inhabits abundantly the whole of .South America as far as Clhili. Many winter in the marshes and inundated river grounds of the Southern States of the Union, where they are. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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