Part II 
LAND BIRDS 
I.—UPLAND GAME BIRDS 
230. WILSON SNIPE. 
Gallinago delicata. 
(Common names: Jack Snipe; English Snipe.) 
Famity: The Snipes and Sandpipers. 
Length: 10.85. 
Aduits : Crown.buff ; upper parts black, bordered and mottled with buff ; 
neck and breast mottled and streaked buffy and blackish brown ; sides 
barred black and white ; belly white. 
Downy Young: Upper parts dusky, more or less mottled with light 
brown ; under parts whitish. 
Geographical Distribution: North America; south in winter to Brazil. 
Breeding Range: From latitude 45° to the arctic circle. In California, 
the valleys of the northern Sierra Nevada. 
Breeding Season: In California, June 15 to July 15. 
Nest: A slight depression on open, marshy ground; sometimes lined 
with grass, usually unlined. 
Eggs: 3 or 4; olive, streaked with black and chocolate. Size 1.55 X 
LOY 
THE species known as Jack Snipe, or English Snipe, 
is a prime favorite with sportsmen and epicures. Breed- 
ing so far north, they are commonly hunted as migrants, 
and so are more or less protected during their nesting 
