

LIMICOL.E SC0L0PACID2E. 



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Family SCOLOPACIDJE : Snipes. 



174. (168.) Philohela minor (Gm.) Gray. Woodcock. 



Kesident ; formerly common, now much less so. In other years we 

 have enjoyed good Woodcock shooting in the low ground along the river 

 in the vicinity of Little Falls. The birds are always in the markets and 

 restaurants in season, but probably few of those exposed for sale are 

 now shot inside the District limits. [603] 



175. (169.) Gallinago wilsoni (Temm.) Boie. American Snipe ; Wilson's Snipe ; 



"Jack Snipe" (a name also applied to Aclodromas maeulata). 



A spring and autumn migrant, passing through in March or April, 

 and again in September. Like other game birds of this and the pre- 



Fig. 80.— Snipe. 



ceding families, which are pursued for sport or in the line of business, 

 the Snipe has decreased in numbers with the trebling in population of 

 a great city. We have had Snipe shooting in the " slashes " north of 

 1ST and west of Fourteenth street, now almost entirely built up. [608] 



176. (— .) Macrorhamphus griseus (Gm.) Leach. Eed-breasted Snipe. (Not in 

 the original edition.) 



