CHAPTER VII. 



AMERICAN BITTERN — ITS GENERAL DISTRIBUTION — APPEARANCE EGGS 



AND NEST EXCELLENT FLESH THE LITTLE BITTERN GOLDEN 



PLOVER DIFFERENT FROM EUROPEAN BIRD THE RING PLOVER 



HIGHLY ESTEEMED THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK — DISTINCT FROM 



EUROPEAN ONE DIMENSIONS AND COLOURING ITS RANGE LO- 

 CALITIES HABITS SEASON FOR SHOOTING COVERTS DOGS 



NECESSARY MIGRATION THE AMERICAN SNIPE — FOUND IN BUSHY 



GROUND COMPARED WITH EUROPEAN SNIPE NEST AND EGGS 



MIGRATION TO SOUTH BIRDS LEFT BEHIND — SHOOTING SEASON — 



DIMINUTION OF SNIPE — RETURN IN SPRING — CURLEW ESQUIMAUX 



CURLEW THE AMERICAN RAIL ITS EXCELLENCE— PLUMAGE, HABITS, 



AND FLIGHT. 



