. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. WILSON'S SNIPE. ENGLISH SNIPE. COMMON SNIPE. JACK SNIPE. SHAD BIRR GaIXINAGO DELICATA. Char. Abo»e, mottled brown, blick, and buff; tail with snbterminal bars ot rufous and black ; crown dusky, witli medial stripe of buff; neck and breast pale brown, spotted with dusky; belly white, sides with dark bars. Length about it inches. ATtit. Amid a tussock of grass or bunch of moss in a wet meadow or margin of a marsh, —a slight depression in the turf sparingly lined with l;f grass, leaves, or feathers. |\
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. WILSON'S SNIPE. ENGLISH SNIPE. COMMON SNIPE. JACK SNIPE. SHAD BIRR GaIXINAGO DELICATA. Char. Abo»e, mottled brown, blick, and buff; tail with snbterminal bars ot rufous and black ; crown dusky, witli medial stripe of buff; neck and breast pale brown, spotted with dusky; belly white, sides with dark bars. Length about it inches. ATtit. Amid a tussock of grass or bunch of moss in a wet meadow or margin of a marsh, —a slight depression in the turf sparingly lined with l;f grass, leaves, or feathers. |\ gggs. 3-4; olive of various shades, spotted with brown and lavender; 11 X The Snipe of North America, so nearly related to that of Europe, is found, according to the season, in every part of the continent, from Hudson Bay to Cayenne, and uoes not appear, indeed, sufficiently distinct from the Brazilian Snipe of Swain- son, which inhabits abundantly the whole of South America as far as Chili. Many winter in the marshes and inundated river grounds of the Southern Stotes 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. Toronto : Musson
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