. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. â TllH .SNU'E FAMILY â GALLIXAGO. 187 different parts of the country, «ucli as â¢â¢ .Mii(l-Sni[ie," â¢â¢ IJlind Sniiu'," " IJi^'-hcaded Snipe," anil " Marsli-l'; Its weight is never nuirc than nine and a hall' ounces, usually not more than seven, and very rarely as much as i-iglit. The i'enuile is the larger bird. The usual weight oi tlie iMiropcan "Woodcock is lourteen ouiu'es. T'he egg of the Woodcock is of a rounded oval shape, oiu' end bein
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. â TllH .SNU'E FAMILY â GALLIXAGO. 187 different parts of the country, «ucli as â¢â¢ .Mii(l-Sni[ie," â¢â¢ IJlind Sniiu'," " IJi^'-hcaded Snipe," anil " Marsli-l'; Its weight is never nuirc than nine and a hall' ounces, usually not more than seven, and very rarely as much as i-iglit. The i'enuile is the larger bird. The usual weight oi tlie iMiropcan "Woodcock is lourteen ouiu'es. T'he egg of the Woodcock is of a rounded oval shape, oiu' end being more tai)ering than the other; it measures ;)() inches in length liy in breadth. The grouiul is a light buffy eream-color, marketl over the entire surface with line dottings and i»lotches of sepia-brown, internunglcd with shadings of a neutral tint and brown, washed with the buff of the grounil, causing these spots to assumo an opaque ashy hue. Gkxus GALLINAGO, LicAcii. Oallinago, " Lkacii, Ciital. liritisli liinls, 1810," (li;.\v (type Soilniuix mrtjnr, L.). CiiAK. Lower jxirtioii nf tlie lil)i:i havu nf fuiitlicrs, siiUcUiUc bcfiiri! luid Ijeliiud, rcticulati'tl liilcruliy liko the tarsi. Xiiil of liiiul tnu .slciidi'i', uxtcudiiig licyoiid the toe. Jiill dejiressed at the tip. Middle toe longer tliaii tarsus. Tail with twelve to twenty-six feathers, l^lmniige the same in winter and s\niiiner ; young like tlic adult in colors and markings. The more slender lioily, longer legs, jiarily naked lil>ia, and other features, cliatinguish this geiuis from Hculcpux and Philohda, and the cleft toes from Macrorhamphua. The species of (Inllinaiji) are ([uite numerous, about liftoen being recognized, this number nearly c(pially divided between America and various jiortions of tlie Old World. Of the seven American species, North America claims but two, tli(! connnon Wilson's Snipe, or, as it is pcrliaps more popularly known, the " Englisli Sn
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