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FRANK FORESTER’S FIELD SPORTS. 
With this species, I conclude my notice of Shore Birds, or 
Bay Snipe, as th'ey are usually and most barbarously termed; 
there being but two birds out of the whole number the “ Red¬ 
breasted Snipe,” which is very common, and the “ Semipal- 
mated Snipe” or “ Willet,” which belong to the species of 
Snipes, or can be so termed, even by a liberal courtesy. Be¬ 
fore proceeding, however, to enter upon the mode of taking 
these little waders, I shall proceed for the sake of uniformity to 
the ornithological descriptions of the Swan, Geese, and Sea 
Ducks. 
