38 SNIPE 



Booth in his " Rough Notes " gives a most elaborate and 

 interesting account of this species. He states that in the 

 Highlands these birds nest out on the moist parts of the 

 moors, as well as along the river sides. He has seen the 

 young in low-lying hayfields as late as September. A 

 few Snipe still breed in the bogs of some of the large 

 Sussex forests of beech and birch, and in the same county 

 a nest or two may occasionally be found in the water 

 meadows bordering the course of the sluggish rivers which 

 are making their way towards the Channel. If unmolested 

 two broods are occasionally reared during the season. 



