BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
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FAM. SCOLOPACIDAL 
SNIPES. 
G ALLIN AGO WILSONL. ( Temm .) 
Wilson’s Snipe. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Bill longer than head ; crown, black, 
with a tawny stripe through the centre ; upper parts varied with 
brownish white, tawny, and black; chin, white; neck and breast, 
mottled brown and white ; feathers of the sides, white, beautifully 
banded with brown, becoming darker under the wings and very 
much finer on the flanks; belly, white; primaries tipped w 7 ith white; 
crissum streaked with brown and tawny; tail, black, barred with 
chestnut, black and white at the tip. 
Length 11, wing 5.10, tail 2.64, tarsus 1.20, bill 2.50. 
During the winter months the Wilson’s Snipe becomes abundant 
in some localities, frequenting marshy ground. Near the Southern 
Bight, Andros Island, we found them common during the month of 
January. While walking through marshy spots On many of the 
other islands we often observed places where they had evidently 
been boring, but as a rule, but few birds were seen. Like others 
of its family, it is migratory, and none remain during the summer. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. V. pi. 350. 
