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end ; the inner secondaries broad and not much elongated. 

 Tail short, rounded. 



These birds inhabit marshy places, moors, and woods ; 

 rest for the most part by clay, and at night search for food 

 in the same manner as the Snipes, by thrusting their bill 

 into the mud or soft earth. Their nest is slightly con- 

 structed ; the eggs four, pyriform, but less so than those of 

 the Snipes, and blotched with dusky. 



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