RED-BREASTED SNIPE. 



47 



ries of the females before they depart, and the short period of 

 time they are absent. Of all our sea-side Snipes it is the most 

 numerous, and the most delicious for the table. 



From these circumstances and the crowded manner in which 

 it flies and settles, it is the most eagerly sought after by our gun- 

 ners, who send them to market in great numbers. 



