MARSH AND SWAMP BIRDS. 



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No. 133. 



WILSON'S SNIPE. 



Order: Limicolte. Genus: Gallinago. 



Family: Scolopacidie. Species: G. delicata. 



Distribution: A common spring and autumn transient visitor. 



Date of Arrival: Going north April. 



Date of Departure: Going south September and October. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts black mottled with buff, Avings dark, white 

 marked, outer tail feathers black and white, others black 

 lipped with wliite ; under parts white, neck and breast bull' 

 streake() with blackish, " ' - ^ 

 feathers black and buff. 

 Length about 11.25. 



Song and Other Notes: 



"Scaipes-scaipes-scaipes,''a curious '' drumming,'' probablv 

 made by the wings when descending in the air, and a peculiar 

 sound " Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk-kup. 



Haunts: 



Swales, meadows, swamps, rarely salt marsh, but often damp 

 woodland. 



flanks black marked, under tail 

 Bill brownish, feet and legs brown. 



