CHAPTER XXI. 



8BMIPALMATED SNIPE, WILLET, OR STONE-CURLEW. SCOLOPAX 

 SEMIPALMATA. 



HABITS, DESCRIPTION, ETC. 



S before stated, the snipe family is ex- 

 tremely numerous throughout this coun- 

 try, and the number and variety of 

 birds of this species that flock to our 

 sea-coast during the summer and autumn 

 is almost incredible. 



Among these shore or bay fowls there 

 is none more conspicuous or more sought 

 after than the one now under considera- 

 tion. The shrill and incessant cry of the willet is well known to 



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