. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . , and thereuj)t)u four or flvi; louderfollow. According to Mr. Hoy, the nest is similar to,and placed in the same situation as, that of the commonspecies. The eggs are four in number. Mr. Yarrell adds, These arc of a yellow olive-brown, s])otted with two shadesof reddish-brown ; the length one inch nine lines, by oneinch and two lines in breadth
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . , and thereuj)t)u four or flvi; louderfollow. According to Mr. Hoy, the nest is similar to,and placed in the same situation as, that of the commonspecies. The eggs are four in number. Mr. Yarrell adds, These arc of a yellow olive-brown, s])otted with two shadesof reddish-brown ; the length one inch nine lines, by oneinch and two lines in breadth. After breeding, these birdsremain in the north until toward the end of September, andthey and their young become extremely fiit, and afford themost delicious eating; for which reason, and the amusementthey afford, they are much sought after, and, being easy toshoot, are, in some places killed in great numbers. The flight of the Great Snipe is less rapid than that ofthe Common species. It rises in silence, flies steadily andheavily, Avith the tail expanded like a fan, and usually pro-ceeds but a short distance before alightinu. 3G8 SCOLOPAX GALLINAGO. THE COMMON SNIPE. MOOR, OR MIEE SNIPE. HEATHER-BUTER, BLEATER, OR BLVTTER. NAOSG. / l-io. 31. Scolopax Gallinago. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 214. Scolopax Gallinago. Lath. Ind. Oru. II. Common Snipe. Mont. Om. Diet. Becassine ordinaire. Scolopax Gallinago. Tcmm. Man. dOrn. II. 676. Scolopax Gallinago. Common Snipe. Flora. Brit. Anim. 106. Common Snipe. Scolopax GaUinago. Selb. lUustr. Brit. Omith. II. 121. Scolopax Gallinago. Common Snipe. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 205. Gallinago scolopacinus. Bonap. Comp. List, 52. Tail rounded, of fourteen feathers; secondary qudlsrounded ; hdl twice the length of the head; on the head twolongitudinal black hands separated by a narrower medial red-dish-wltite hand, and on each side a reddish-white band; theiip2)cr 2^^fts variegated nitli black aiid light red, uith fourlongitudinal yellowish-wh
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