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JACK SNIPE. 



JUDCOCK. HALF SNIPE. 



ScoJopax gallinula, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Gallinago minor, BRI8SON. 



" minima, KAY. WII.LUGHBY. STEPHENS. 



ScofopaxA. Woodcock, or Snipe. Gallinula ? 



WELL do I recall, among other recollections betokening the 

 love of nature which from the very first seemed part of my 

 mind, the extreme admiration with which I regarded the 

 singular appearance of this true game and wild-looking bird 

 when first seen: 



'Could those days but come again !' 



But no! it is best as it is. 'Let by-gones be by-gones:' let 

 Hope prevail against Memory in the mind of the Christian 

 Clergyman, and from his own experience may he the better 

 guide his flock. 



This species is found in Europe in Eussia, Sweden, Den- 

 mark, France, and Italy. In Asia in Siberia, Asia Minor, 

 the vicinity of the Caucasus, and in India, in the Dukkun. 

 It is believed to breed in the marshes of Holstein and Hanover, 

 as also in Zealand. 



In this country it is not so numerous as the larger species. 



It is said to breed in Sutherlandshire. 



In Orkney it is a regular winter visitant, and is pretty 

 abundant. 



This bird frequents the moist borders of rivers, streams, lakes, 

 and ditches. 



The Judcock travels by night, and arrives here towards the 

 middle of September, and departs by the end of February, or 



