BROWN SNIPE.
RED-BREASTED SNIPE. GREY SNIPE. BROWN LONG BEAK.
Scohpax gritea, PENNANT. MONTAGU.
" NoveboTUceiuut SAHINE.
Macroramphus griuus, EYTON. GOULD.
Scolopax—A Woodcock, or Snipe. Grata ?
T h i s Snipe, whose triple names denote its different appearance in
summer, autumn, and winter—red, brown, and grey, according to t he
season of the year, belongs naturally to North America. It is a very
abundant species in the Fur countries, and is found extensively from
the borders of hake Superior to the Arctic Sea. In Europe it has
been shot in Sweden, and is included also among the birds of Greenland.
('olonel Montagu was the first to mention the occurrence of this
bird in Britain. 1 [is specimen was obtained in Devonshire, in the
mouth of October; a second example, according to Dr. Edward Moore
and Mr. Bellamy, was subsequently procured in the same county. A
third was killed near Carlisle, in the year 1835; a fourth near Yarmouth,
Norfolk, on the 12th. of October, 1836; a fifth also near the
same place; a sixth in the same county in 1840. A seventh at Bunton,
and one at Horsey, shot by Mr, Rising, the 9th. of October, 1845.
Another at Hurst Castle, and one was caught by F . Holt, Esq., it having
flown on to the deck of the Batavier on the voyage from Holland.
I n Cornwall, one at Scilly. One also at Burton Agnes, Yorkshire,
in the beginning of October, 1809.
They migrate northwards the cud of April and beginning of May,
and return again southwards the end of July, and beginning of
August.
They go in flocks, sometimes of very large extent, keeping by
themselves, and seldom associating with other species, as may be