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VERTEBRATA. AVES. 



Scolopax,* the Snipes. 



COMMON SNIPE (Scolopax Gcdlinago). 



A very peculiar air is given to these birds by 

 their thin heads, flattened sideways, in which the 

 large eye . is situated very far back. The bill is 

 long and straight. They fly well, and if endeavour- 

 ing to escape drop suddenly into the woods, and 

 run swiftly in another direction through the under- 

 wood. The common Snipe, (S. Gallinago,) and 



* Their ancient Greek name. 



