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JACK SNIPE. 
JUDCOCK. ALF SNIPE. 
Scolopax gallinula, PENNANT. MontTacu. 
Gallinago minor, Brisson. 
oe minima, Ray. WILtuGHsy. STEPHENS. 
Scolopax—A Woodcock, or Snipe. Gallinula—............ & 
We t do I recall, among other recollections betokening the 
love of nature which from the very first seemed part of my 
mind, the extreme admiration with which I regarded the 
singular appearance of this true game and wild-looking bird 
when first seen: 
‘Could those days but come again! 
But no! it is best as it is. ‘Let by-gones be by-gones:’ let 
Hope prevail against Memory in the mind of. the Christian 
Clergyman, and from his own experience may he the better 
guide his flock. 
This species is found in Hurope—in Russia, Sweden, Den- 
mark, France, and Italy. In Asia—in Siberia, Asia Minor, 
the vicinity of the Caucasus, and in India, in the Dukkun. 
At is believed to breed in the marshes of Holstein and Hanover, 
as also in Zealand. 
In this country it is not so numerous as the larger species. 
It is said to breed in Sutherlandshire. 
In Orkney it is a regular winter visitant, and is_ pretty 
abundant. 
This bird frequents the moist borders of rivers, streams, lakes, 
and ditches. 
The Judeoek travels by night, and arrives here towards the 
middle of September, and departs by the end of February, or 
