













48 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
The beak of the Snipe is ftrait, and often rough 
like fhagreen above and below; the feet are of; 
pale green. 
The head is divided by two black lines Tength 
wife, and three red lines. 
The Snipe is fmaller than the Woodcock, ani 
very much like it in its plumage, but very dif 
ferent in its manners; for the Snipe never fre 
quents woods, but confines itfelf to marfhy fitua 
tions, in long grafs, and the ofiers or willows 
the banks of pools or rivers. 
The Snipe rifes fo high that its cry is hearl 
when it can no longer be feen: Snipes have 
two different cries. “They make their appearanc 
in autumn; fometimes three or four are feen at 
time, but moft frequently only one. They ri 
when the fowler is at a great diftance, and ff 
very fwiftly, and after dipping three times, the 
dart forwards two or three hundred yards, or point 
ftrait upwards and rife out of fight, and makes 
ftrange bleating noife. The fowler brings thea) 
lower fometimes by imitating their cry. 
Snipes remain in England and in France al 
the winter, near watm {prings that do not freezt, 
They generally leave us in the fummer. They 
build their nefts in June, on the ground, nea 
the large root of a willow, or of an-alder-tree, it 
marfhy 
