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NATURAL HISTORY, 
THE SNIPE. 
231. The Snipe is a migratory bird, and in sum- 
mer may be seen in our marshes and low grounds, 
where it finds its food, which consists chiefly of 
,vorms and the larva of insects. 
232. It makes its nest of dried grass and feathers, 
in the most inaccessible part of marshes. Its flesh 
is considered one of the first of feathered dainties. 
233. About thirty years ago, these birds were so 
abundant in the fens of Cambridgeshire, in England, 
that a single man, in one night, took as many of them 
in a lash net as were sufficient to fill a hamper. 
THE WOODCOCK. 
234. The Woodcock is about as large as a 
Describe the habits of the Snipe. What is said of its flesh ? 
