1880 
Gallinage wilsoni. 
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Maine (Lake Urabagog). 
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\ Judging from tho numerous “borings”and other signs 
there must have been at least a, dozen Snipe on tho raea— 
, dow last night but v/e found only one bird there this 
morning. The night was just such a one as they commonly 
choose for migrating, clear, with soft southerly wind 
and nearly full moon. 
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A flock of nine, evidently migrating, came in over 
the marsh, flying in a bunch like bay-birds. They 
sv/-ep t dovm over one or two favorite spots, then mounting 
j high in the air, v/-ent out over Upton Hill. Another 
bunch of four alighted in the ma,rsh. A driving iiorth- 
; easterly storm at the time, rain falling in torrents. 
“ 16. 
i Started about a dozen on the marshes near the Out¬ 
let. Several lay closelyv till I passed, then rose two 
or three gun shots oohind me. I came upon one in the 
very middle of a creek squatting on the surface of tho 
iiis iiOcicl cxncl noc]c f'Xstitioriod. 3 .S iiT ho v/’gt'g on 
. land. After flushing him I examined the spot and found 
the Y/ater only about three incites deep. 
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Started four on tho moadov/s belov/ the house. 
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Started three on tho meadows below the liouse. 
1882. 
Oet.8-22 i 
Exceedingly abundant. The marshes were in perfect 
condition this year and I had fine Snipe shooting, some¬ 
times SL,arting as many as thirty in a few hours. Six or 
eight were seen October 21, and iheoo October 28 (C.E. 
Batchelder). 
1883. 
Oct. 17. 
Shot one on tho moadov;. 
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Shot seven. 
