Family SCOLOPACIDAE. 



Gallinago gallinago (L.) — Common Snipe. 



(Plates 145—147, fig. a-1). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Necrlandica, p. 99, No. 233). 



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ranges from pale greyish to light olive green, 

 and from pale honey-colour to deep olive 

 brown. 



brown, in various shades; at the blunt end 

 black spots and thick convolutions often 

 occur; underlying spots show through pur- 

 plish grey; the marking has, with scarcely 

 any exceptions, a dextral spiral course. 



39.5 X 28 millimetres. 



0.8 gram. 



fine and smooth. 



mostly pyriform, sometimes more oval. 



on the ground, in a little hollow sometimes 

 lined with a little dry vegetable material. 



4. 



April, May, June. 



about 3 weeks. 



