. A history of the game birds, wild fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states, including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . y well here,except from lawbreakers who hunt before the law is most of the Woodcock shooting that our gunners getnow is furnished by birds from farther north and northeast. The fate of the Woodcock rests largely with th
. A history of the game birds, wild fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states, including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . y well here,except from lawbreakers who hunt before the law is most of the Woodcock shooting that our gunners getnow is furnished by birds from farther north and northeast. The fate of the Woodcock rests largely with the people ofthe United States, in which mainly it lives. Its range includespart of southern Canada, but it is chiefly a bird of the easternUnited States. It is not disturbed by agriculture, and thriveswell on rich and cultivated farms, provided there are a fewboggy runs or small swamps where it can nest. Gardens andcornfields are favorite hunting grounds of this bird. The food of the Woodcock consists largely of earthwormsand insects. The long sensitive bill is provided with nervesand muscles and forms a very effective tool for exploring softground or searching beneath the leaves, for in such situationsthe bird gets most of its food. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 245 WILSONS SNIPE (GaUinago delicata).Common or local names: Snipe; English Snipe; Jack Length.— inches; bill (average), j^dult. — Crown dark brown or blackish, split along center by a light buffyline, and separated by a buffy stripe from a blackish line running frombill through eye; back and wings a mixture of dark brown or blackishand reddish brown, tan or buff, striped longitudinally with light buffyor whitish; wings brown and dusky, with light buffy markings on coverts;tail ending in a broad bar of reddish brown crossed near tip with black-ish and tipped with whitish; outer tail feathers pale buff or whitish,barred with black; tail coverts barred; throat gray; neck and upperbreast pale brow
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