It does not arrive in this country till after the common 

 fnipe, and generally quits us in March ; we have no reafoii 

 to doubt its breeding here, as it is fometimes feen in the 

 fummer months ; a friend of the author's, who is very attentive 

 in obferving this tribe of birds, affures us, he has taken the 

 neft and young in Cornwall ; we have alfobeen informed, that 

 jt fometimes breeds in the neighbourhood of Carlifle ; the eggs 

 are faid to refemble thofe of the common fpecies in colour, 

 and are about half their fize ; the neft is compofed of dry grafs 

 and withered leaves. Some fpecimens we received from 

 Cumberland weighed upwards of three ounces. Provincial 

 names Half Snipe, Jud, Jet, or Gid-cock. 



Since publifhing the Common Snipe, we have met with it 

 in confiderable numbers, during the months of June and July 

 (1812) in the ofier-ground, bordering on the Surrey-Canal, in 

 the Kent-Road. We found many of their nefts compofed of 

 dry grafs and leaves, placed in the midft of a fwamp, fcarcely 

 above the water; feveral of the young were killed, which 

 were darker coloured than the adult birds. 



