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and of the Nightingale represented much paler than we 

 have yet seen them when they have been first found, and 

 have accounted for it by supposing the representations to 

 have been taken from specimens which had been retained 

 in cabinets for some time. 



SABINE'S SNIPE. Scolopax Sabinii. We find credible 

 mention made of the occasional capture of this bird, both 

 in England and Ireland; but with its breeding habits we 

 are unacquainted. 



THE GREAT SNIPE. Scolopax major. This is a bird also 

 occasionally seen in Britain, generally in the autumn, and 

 in the southern parts of our country ; in some seasons oc- 

 curring pretty frequently. It is believed to be most com- 

 mon in Norway and Sweden, breeding near the swamps or 

 on the borders of rills which irrigate grass lands. It is also 

 considered to breed among the fens and morasses of Hol- 

 land. Its nest, placed on some slight elevation or tuft of 

 grass, resembles that of the Common Snipe, and the eggs, 

 four in number, except that they are considerably larger, 

 much resemble, we believe, those of the common species. 



THE COMMON SNIPE. Scolopax gallmago. We have in 

 the present a comparatively common species, occurring in 

 suitable localities throughout Great Britain and Ireland, but 



