. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CHARADRIID^. 573. THE COMMON SNIPE. Gallinago cqel£stis (Frenzel). This species still breeds in England and Wales wherever drainage has not abolished the localities suited to its habits, and it is comparatively abundant in the marshes of Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire, while it is generally distributed on the northern moor- lands, and up to a considerable elevation in Scotland and Ireland. The birds produced in the British Islands are few, however, compared to those which annually visit us in October and November, when many are killed by stri
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CHARADRIID^. 573. THE COMMON SNIPE. Gallinago cqel£stis (Frenzel). This species still breeds in England and Wales wherever drainage has not abolished the localities suited to its habits, and it is comparatively abundant in the marshes of Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire, while it is generally distributed on the northern moor- lands, and up to a considerable elevation in Scotland and Ireland. The birds produced in the British Islands are few, however, compared to those which annually visit us in October and November, when many are killed by striking against the lanterns of lighthouses. These migrants, though they frequently shift their ground under the influence of the weather, often remain until March. The Snipe is said to have occurred in South Greenland, and is fairly abundant as a breeding-species in Iceland, the Faeroes, and throughout northern and temperate Europe down to the marshes of Northern Italy. On passage or as a wipter-visitor it is found in the Atlantic Islands, as well as on the African side of tjie Mediterranean basin; it ascends the Nile valley to Abyssinia, and reaches Aden; while on the west side it occurs in Senegambia. In Asia, south of 70° N. in Siberia, it breeds down to the lofty table-lands of Yarkand, crosses the great central ranges on migration, and is found in winter. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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