THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
repeated several times. This is quite distinct from the note, chick-a, 
uttered during the breeding-season, and referred to above. 
Like the woodcock, the snipe rapidly loses weight in hard frost, and as 
rapidly regains it on the return of mild weather. The average weight of 
a snipe is about four ounces, but in times of plenty many birds may 
be shot which average five ounces, and individuals weighing as much 
as eight ounces have sometimes been killed. 
W. R. OGILVIE-GRANT. 
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