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exactly the same species as we get — owing to the 

 strength of the sun and its enervating effects, do not 

 fly at the pace or twist to such a degree as they do 

 on the boofs of " Ould Oireland." 



The best eight days' shooting I ever had with a 

 friend, Lieut. A. — I being a Captain in those days 

 - — was 250 couple. Since then my friend, on attain- 

 ing the rank of Major, made the record bag for the 

 Bombay Presidency, which was 106 couple in one 

 day. 



The Snipe, like the Woodcock, is very widely 

 distributed in the Old World. Howard Saunders 

 says, it "is fairly abundant as a breeding-species in 

 Iceland and the Faroes, is met with in summer in 

 northern Europe, nests in the marshes of Northern 

 Italy, breeds in Asia, and is distributed in winter 

 nearly to the Equator." 



The specimens in the case are selected as being 

 the best out of what I shot at Glenbeigh, co. Kerry, 

 in the winter of 1894-95, 



The Jack Snipe. 



Havinof written at such lenoth about the Common, 

 or Full, Snipe, I only propose to make a few 

 remarks about this, the smallest of the genus. A 

 Jack Snipe will weigh from an ounce to two and a 

 half ounces, while the Common Snipe varies from 

 three ounces to nearly double the weight. In habits 

 there is no great difference, but the flight of the 



