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Fig. 8. Woodcock. 



114. Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson's Snipe; English 

 Snipe. (230.) — North America, breeding from Connecticut and 

 northern Illinois northward to Labrador, and wintering from 

 southern Illinois and South Carolina to northern South America. 

 In this vicinity it is a not uncommon migrant, and crippled 

 birds are said to have nested on several occasions near Chatham, 

 X. J. (Her rick, Forest and Stream, XII, 1879, p. 165). During 

 mild seasons a few pass the winter here (Dutcher, MS.). 



115. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.) Dowitcher (231.) 

 — North America, breeding in the Arctic Regions, and wintering 

 from Florida southward. With us it is a common migrant, arriving 

 from the south about May 1, and returning from the north between 

 July 10 and August 15. 



Migrating Snipe, Sandpipers, and Plovers fly, as a rule, some 

 distance off the land and if the weather is calm and clear, very few 

 birds occur on our shores If, however, during their migrations 

 storms from the right quarter, or fogs occur, many birds are driven 

 shoreward and there results what among sportsmen is known as a 

 'flight'. 



116. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say). Long-billed 

 Dowitcher. (232 ) — Western North America, breeding in Alaska. 



This western representative of our common Dowitcher is a 

 rare but regular late fall migrant along the Atlantic coast. 



