. 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 . of food they congregate, and many maybe found in such spots, while few will be seen on groundapparently equally attractive but not supplied with birds continue feeding in light rains, and congregatetogether, but when the r
. 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 . of food they congregate, and many maybe found in such spots, while few will be seen on groundapparently equally attractive but not supplied with birds continue feeding in light rains, and congregatetogether, but when the rains continue heavily, and the groundsbecome flooded, they fly to higher land, where they are veryrestless and wild. A meadow with deep, moist, black loam ormold, with very little sand, seems to be most attractive to theSnipe. Their food consists largely of insects, including grass-hoppers, locusts, cutworms and beetles, with such others asmay be picked up from cultivated fields and marshes. Earth-worms, leeches, seeds of smartweed and other plants, togetherwith roots and other vegetable matter, have been found intheir stomachs. Enough is known of their food habits toplace them among the beneficial species. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 253 DOWITCHER (Macrorhamphus griseus griseus).Common or local names: Brown-back; Driver; Robin-snipe; Red-breasted Fall. Spring. Length. — 10 to 11 inches; bill to ^.55. Adult Male in Spring. — Upper parts mixed black and buffy or cinnamon;lower back, rump and tail white; rump spotted and tail barred withblack and light tan or pale buff; general tone of closed wing brownishgray, in contrast to reddish tone of body, blackening toward tip; twowhitish wing bands; sides of head and under parts reddish buff or palecinnamon, finely marked and sparsely spotted (and barred on flanks)with black, becoming white on belly; bill greenish black; legs and feetgreenish brown; iris very dark. Adult Male in Fall. — Head and upper back feather
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