The Warwick woodlands, of Orange county, N. Y., were famous for 

 woodcock shooting in years gone by, but the birds are now scarce in most 

 of the Eastern states, though a fair number may be bagged in a few locaH- 

 ties, and several Southern and Western resorts, particularly the Mississippi 

 bottoms, still afford good sport in summer and autumn. 



THE SNIPE. 



But rather seek the plashy swale, 

 Low in the moist and boggy vale, 

 Or pass, thro' bushy swamps that hide 

 With briery hedge the brooklet side." 



From Maine to Mexico, and from Connecticut to California, the snipe 

 is a semi-annual visitor, along the marsh-lands bordering on the lakes and 

 rivers. Spring snipe-shooting is legal in many states, but this and summer 

 woodcock shooting should be prohibited — not alone for the preservation of 

 the two species, but to prevent the killing of other game birds, often mere 

 fledglings, met with by the gunners in their rambles. 



The snipe, rising -with a startled and startling " skaap," and taking a 

 low, zigzag course across the marsh, is a difficult mark for the tyro, but the 

 experienced shooter who is cool and deliberate will readily kill a large 

 proportion of his birds in this line of sport. Snipe-shooting, in autumn, 

 over good dogs, is well worthy of the sportsman's time and attention. 



