44 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



With this species, I conclude my notice of Shore Birds, or 

 Bay Snipe, as they are usually and most barbarously termed ; 

 there being but two birds out of the whole number the " Red- 

 breasted Snipe," which is very common, and the " Semipal- 

 mated Snipe" or " Willet," which belong to the species of 

 Snipes, or can be so termed, even by a liberal courtesy. Be- 

 fore proceeding, however, to enter upon the mode of taking 

 these little waders, I shall proceed for the sake of uniformity to 

 the ornithological descriptions of the Swan, Geese, and Sea 

 Ducks. 



