Gal1inago delioata . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1894. Besides the Ducks a great many Wilson's Snipe arrived 
Sept. 12. (we were at Jim's shooting stand on the Outlet marshes): sin¬ 
gly, in twos or threes, and sometimes six or seven together. 
They would first appear at a height of 100 or 200 feet and 
then pitch down on set wings making a loud rushing sound exact 
ly similar and quite equal in volume to that made by the de¬ 
scending Ducks. They "scarped", also, continually, in deep, 
hoarse tones different, it seemed to me, from those used by 
daylight. 
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