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Gallinago wilsoni. 
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1890. Maine. 
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0ct.8 ? L. Umbagogy—> The bill during the operation of boring was 
held at varying angles sometimes vertically but usually inclining 
forward at a greater or less angle. 
This Snipe at all times when under my observation was singular¬ 
ly beautiful & graceful as v/ell as interesting bird, very plump 
and rounded in outlines, alert and energetig in movement. The 
light markings of the back were*arranged in three perfectly 
straight and even narrow lines separated by much broarder dark 
stripes and the stripes on the head were equally marked and reg¬ 
ular. The tips of the wings were usually carried a little below 
the tail which was raised slightly above the line of the back but 
sometimes the tips of the wings were pressed tightly against the 
sides of the rump & the tail depressed as thebird is usually 
mounted by our taxidermists. The carriage of the body was ordina— 
rilt crouching with the back strongly arched the neck drawn in 
i.he head a little below the bakk but when the bird paused a mo¬ 
ment to rest and look around the head was raised and thrown back 
while the bill was nearly or quite touchedthe swelling curvature 
of the breast. When alarmed the bird, as already stated, would 
stretch up its neck to a surprising height holding the bill straig¬ 
ht forward in the manner of a Sandpiper. 
I shot this Snipe (with much reluctance) and examined his 
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throat & stomach carefully. In the throat I found a single 
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