SHORE BIRDS 



230. Wilson Snipe. Gallinago delicata. 



Range. — North America, breeding from northern United States northward; 

 winters along the Gulf States and to California, and southward. 



Another favorite game bird, but one which re- 

 quires skill to hunt successfully. Of about the 

 same size as the Woodcock (11 inches long). 

 This species, to a great extent frequents the same 

 haunts used by Woodcock, but is especially fond 

 of open marshy meadows, with winding brooks. 

 Their nests are depressions in grassy banks, gen- 

 erally unlined; the three or four eggs have an 

 olive gray color and are strongly marked with 

 blackish brown. Size 1.50 x 1.10. Data. — Lake 

 Winnipegosis, Manitoba, June 10, 1903. Nest in 

 a hollow on a tuft of marsh grass, the four eggs 

 having their points together. Collector, Walter 

 Raine. 



Olive gray. 



[2.S().1.] Greater Snipe. Gallinago media. 



A European species, only American as having accidentally occurred at Hud- 

 son Bay; similar in appearance to the preceding species. 



NEST AND EGGS OF WOODCOCK. 



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