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leave the nest, and in six weeks afterward are 

 almost fall grown. At this age it is impossible 

 to tell the Wilson snipe from our home variety; 

 however, at any period the difference is very slight ; 

 and as they are quite as strong, swift, and erratic in 

 their flight, and, moreover, to be found in immense 

 quantities, ten or twelve dozen per day being no 

 unusual bag in March, those who can spare time and 

 money would, if fond of this description of shooting, 

 find ample recompense by a visit across the Atlantic. 



