. British birds in their haunts. Birds. 444 SCOLOPACID.'E. as well as those shot in Sweden. Its nest, which has rarely been seen, is placed in a tuft of grass, and contains four eggs. Mention is made in the Zoologist'^ of four solitary Snipes having been killed in the county of Durham in the month of August. Two of these were young birds, scarcely fledged; it would appear, therefore, that this bird ;/ s. //:>> \ r'Sfh^. THE GREAT SNIPE. sometimes breeds in Great Britain. The writer of the paragraph states that he had met with Great Snipes in vast numbers along the coast of Nordland and F
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. 444 SCOLOPACID.'E. as well as those shot in Sweden. Its nest, which has rarely been seen, is placed in a tuft of grass, and contains four eggs. Mention is made in the Zoologist'^ of four solitary Snipes having been killed in the county of Durham in the month of August. Two of these were young birds, scarcely fledged; it would appear, therefore, that this bird ;/ s. //:>> \ r'Sfh^. THE GREAT SNIPE. sometimes breeds in Great Britain. The writer of the paragraph states that he had met with Great Snipes in vast numbers along the coast of Nordland and Finmark. In a marsh near Bosoe, he and his friends obtained seven brace in half an hour, in the month of August, the young birds being fully fledged. * Vol. xi. p. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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