56 MID-APRIL 
where they live, the food being taken by 
suction in mud. It is a pathetic sight to see 
snipe sitting on the ice of a frozen pond; 
PLATE XVI: A jack snipe, male. (4 size.) 
the ground everywhere is hard, and they 
cannot use their soft bills for their daily food. 
They become mere skeletons if the {frost is , 
prolonged and the wind adverse for migration. 
