SHORE BIRDS 
230. Wilson Snipe. Gallinago delicata. 
Range. — North America, breeding from northern United States northward; 
winters along the Gulf States and to California, and southward. 
Another favorite game bird, but one which re- 
quires skill to hunt successfully. Of about the 
same size as the Woodcock (11 inches long). 
This species, to a great extent frequents the same 
haunts used by Woodcock, but is especially fond 
of open marshy meadows, with winding brooks. 
Their nests are depressions in grassy banks, gen- 
erally unlined; the three or four eggs have an 
olive gray color and are strongly marked with 
blackish brown. Size 1.50 x 1.10. Data. — Lake 
Winnipegosis, Manitoba, June 10, 1903. Nest in 
a hollow on a tuft of marsh grass, the four eggs 
having their points together. Collector, Walter 
Raine. 
[230.1.] Greater Snipe. Gallinago media. 
A European species, only American as having accidentally occurred at Hud- 
son Bay; similar in appearance to the preceding species. 
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