PLATE LXXV. 
The Snipe, 
Here delineated, is given the full fize of the bird. It is a bird fo well known that it requires little 
to be faid of it. It vilits us only in the winter, being a bird of paflage. It frequents our fwampy 
grounds, fmall brooks, &c. and lives wholly upon fuction ; are very feldom to be feen, except in 
flight, in which they are remarkable fwift. It is a bird moft difficult to be (hot ; but of a peculiar 
flavour, for which it is much efteemed. 
