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visitor with us, arriving in September or 
October, and leaving again in spring for 
breeding in the north of Europe. To about 
every ten of the larger birds only one of 
the smaller is generally found by sports- 
men, hence the full snipe is known as the 
‘common’ snipe. This title also distinguishes 
him from the ‘ double,’ ‘great’ or ‘soli- 
tary’ snipe, which is a similarly marked but 
larger bird and a rare visitor. There is also 
the ‘summer snipe,’ a name applied to the 
common sandpiper of the sea-shore, streams, 
and inland waters, which resembles the full 
and - the jack... ‘The “jack 4s *quibe Jar cae 
smaller than the full. He flies like him, but 
is even more erratic, and for all these reasons 
he is more difficult to shoot. He makes no 
sound on rising. The full snipe is wary, and 
unless he has not been hunted or the bird half 
frozen with cold, he will generally rise on your 
approach before even your dog can get to him. 
But the jack hes close, and sometimes lets 
you even walk over him. Then again, the 
full snipe, 1f much scared, will take a long 
