JACK SNIPE 



JUD COCK HALF SNIPE. 



PLATE CLXXIII. FIGURE II. 



Scolopax galZinula, LINN^US. 



Gallinago gallinula^ ..... DRESSER. 

 Lymnocryptes gallinula, GOULD. 



THE Jack Snipe, which is a common winter visitant to 

 Britain, breeds in the marshes of Lapland and on the 

 Dovrefjeld. 



Its nest is a mere depression on some grassy knoll, or 

 in a tuft of rushes, and is lined with small pieces of grass, 

 horse-hair, or a few dead leaves of the dwarf birch. 



The eggs are four in number, and of a yellowish olive- 

 colour, spotted about the larger end with two shades of 

 brown. They are very large for the size of the bird. 



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