. The aquatic birds of Great Britain and Ireland . PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial.—The Great Snipe soclosely resembles the Common Snipe in its markings thata separate description seems superfluous. As already men-tioned, this species is marked with conspicuous bars ofbrownish-black across the abdomen, and there is muchmore white on the lateral tail-feathers than on those of theCommon Snipe. Adult female nuptial.—Similar to the male plamage. Adult winter, male and /eyna/^.—Similar to the nuptialplumage, but the buff markings are more distinct. hmnature, 7nale and female.—-The outer tail-feathers a
. The aquatic birds of Great Britain and Ireland . PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial.—The Great Snipe soclosely resembles the Common Snipe in its markings thata separate description seems superfluous. As already men-tioned, this species is marked with conspicuous bars ofbrownish-black across the abdomen, and there is muchmore white on the lateral tail-feathers than on those of theCommon Snipe. Adult female nuptial.—Similar to the male plamage. Adult winter, male and /eyna/^.—Similar to the nuptialplumage, but the buff markings are more distinct. hmnature, 7nale and female.—-The outer tail-feathers arebarred across both webs, and show less white, and theshading of the plumage is lighter, exhibiting more rufousthan in the adult. The markings on the breast and abdo-men are more distinctly arrow-headed than those of themature birds. Beak. Light brown at the basal portion, becoming darkbrownish-black towards the point. GREAT SNIPE 275 Feet. Brownish-green ; proportionately shorter thanthe feet of the Common Pig. OP GREAT SNIPE. ^ Nat, size. AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. Total Beak Tarso-metatarsusEgg in. 2T) „1-85 ,,1-8 X 1-25 in. 276 COMMON SNIPE. Gallinago ccelestis (Frenzel). Coloured Figures.—Gould, Birds of Great Britain, vol. iv,pi. 79; Dresser, Birds of Europe, vol. vii, pis. 542,543; Lilford, Coloured Figures, vol. v, pis. 26, 27 ;Booth, Eough Notes, vol. ii, pi. 25. This familiar game-bird is widely distributed over ourcountry throughout the year, becoming quite plentiful inautumn and winter, as the migrants arrive from morenorthern latitudes. Most of the birds which breed inBritain journey south in August : in hard weather awesterly move often takes place from Great Britain toIreland. In September migrants having just arrived areoften comparatively tame, and may be seen resting on theopen marshes or ooze-slobs.^ Snipe have been repeatedlyput up from small, isolated clumps of rushes along th
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