PLATE LXXXVII. 
77?^ Stints^ 
Or Summer Snipes, vifit us in the Spring ; and, like the Common Snipes, frequent fmall brook||^ 
or ponds, in purfuit of food. They are often feen in pairs ; and have fo little apprehenfion* 
of danger, that you may approach within feven or eight yards of them, and they will not feem 
the leaft alarmed, but appear as if they did not fee you. In the latter end of the breeding feafon, 
I have feen ten or more together in flight, in which they are very fwift, remarkable ftrait, 
and not very high :— if ever fo near, they are not to be heard. They are a bird of little or no 
eftimation, being very infipid eating ; and, when ftripped of their plumage, are very fmall. 
