Part II 

 LAND BIRDS 



I. — UPLAND GAME BIRDS 



230. WILSON SNIPE. — Gallinago delicata. 



(Common names : Jack Snipe ; English Snipe.) 



Family : The Snipes and Sandpipers. 



Length: 10.85. 



Adults : Grown buff ; upper parts black, bordered and mottled with buff ; 



neck and breast mottled and streaked buffy and blackish brown ; sides 



barred black and white ; belly white. 

 Downy Young: Upper parts dusky, more or less mottled with light 



brown ; under parts whitish. 

 Geographical Distribution: North America; south in winter to Brazil. 

 Breeding Range : From latitude 45° to the arctic circle. In California, 



the valleys of the northern Sierra Nevada. 

 Breeding Season: In California, June 15 to July 15. 

 Nest: A slight depression on open, marshy ground; sometimes lined 



with grass, usually unliued. 

 Eggs: 3 or 4 ; olive, streaked with black and chocolate. Size 1.55 X 



1.07. 



The species known as Jack Snipe, or English Snipe, 

 is a prime favorite with sportsmen and epicures. Breed- 

 ing so far north, they are commonly hunted as migrants, 

 and so are more or less protected during their nesting 



