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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Common Snipe. 



THE Common Snipe (Scolopax gallinago, Linnaeus) is a 

 resident in the British Isles, and is also found inhabiting 

 the Palearctic Region. The adult has the crown of head 

 dark brown, divided by a light ochreous streak running 

 through the centre ; lores, dark brown ; eye-stripe, pale 

 yellowish ; remainder of upper parts, cream-yellow, barred, 

 mottled, and otherwise marked with white and shades of 

 brown ; secondaries, tipped with white ; chin, white ; throat 

 and breast, light brown, with markings of dusky-brown ; 

 abdomen, white ; sides, barred with dusky ; tail consists 



