SNIPIGS, SANDI’IPICRS, ETC. 1” 
     
    
   
   
    
     1L sueeession of hoarse. 'asping swipes which have a peculiarly start- 
     
     ling effect on inexperienced nerves. 
     
    

    
     In the springtime~and occasionally in autumn also—\Vilson‘s 
     
     Snipe mounts to a eonsideralule height above his favorite meadows and 
     
     darts downward with great \‘eloeity. making at eaeh deseent a low yet 
     
     penetrating. tremulous sound whieh suggests the \\‘innowing of a domes- 
     
     tie l’igeon‘s wings, or. if heard at a distance. the lileating of a goat. and 
     
     whieh is thought to be produced by the rushing of the air through the 
     
     wings of the Snipe. This pertormanee may he sometimes witnessed in 
     
     broad daylight when the weather is stormy, but ordinarily it is re- 
     
     served for the morning and evening twilight and for moonlight nights. 
     
     when it is often kept up for hours in sueeession. 
     
    

    
     Besides this "drumming" or " bl *ating." as it is Called. the Snipe. 
     
     while mating. sometimes ‘makes another peculiar sound. a A't’l/r-Irz'dr- 
     
     kl?/.'-7rt7/.t-/.‘17p. evidently \‘oeal and oceasionall" aeeompanying a slow, 
     
     labored. and perfectly direct flight, at the end of whieh the l)ll‘(l alights 
     
     on a tree or fence post fora few in0ments.——\\’n.LiAn BRI£\\'s'I‘l£R. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Eritormx Sxtri: t‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     (MI/invent) {/aZU/mg/oi inhaliits the northern 
     
     parts of the Uld World. is of frequent oeeurrenee in Greenland. and aeeidental 
     
     in the Bermudas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     231. Macrorhamphus griseus t (;’)1(].). llowiTeni-nt. tSee Figs. 
     
     25.11. 2:1.1’.» xltl. «in «WU/Hurliil pper parts. tertials. and wing—eort-rts l:lael(.tlte 
     
     feathers- edged or barred with treltraeeous-hutt' 0r rut'ous: rump. upper tail- 
     
     eoverts. and tail harred with lilaek and more, or less riehrau-eousdvutl'; prima- 
     
     ries t'useous: under parts dull. pale rut'ous. whitish on the belly. more or less- 
     
     spotted and lltll'l‘t'tl with lilaelt. girl, 1'11 trial/1'; sl'pper parts lvrownish gray: 
     
     rump and tail liarred with Mae]; and white; throat and lireast washed with 
     
     ashy. helly white. sides and undertail-eorerts litlt‘l‘wl with lilaek. limitatper 
     
     parts lilaek. the feathers edged with rut'ous: ramp and tail barred with lilaek 
     
     and white. and sometimes washed with rutiius : seeondaries widely edged with 
     
     white: under parts more or less washed with oehraewuts—luttl and olisetn’ely 
     
     stmttt-d with lililt‘l\'i>ll. l.,. tofu”: “1.3-7.7: 'l'ar.. 1‘23“: 15.. ‘J‘ll-\~'_"r—7U. 
     
    

    
     If:unn‘l‘.~'.~~'l‘lie liarred tail and tailieoverts. with the peeuliar tlattened, 
     
     pitted tip ot‘the hill. are eharaeteristie ot‘tliis and the next speeies. 
     
    

    
     [fill/{It}?Eastern North Ana-riea. lrreeding within the Art-tie t‘irele. and 
     
     Winlt't'ilt: trotn Florida to South .\nieriea, 
     
    

    
     \\‘ashington. easual, one speeitneu. Sept. Long Island. common '1‘. V.. 
     
     May: July to s‘ept. 17., 
     
    

    
     lat/ms, t'our. light liutl'y olive. distinetly spotted and speekled. espeeially 
     
     about the larger end. with deep ln‘own. l'ttfi x 1‘13 t llidg\\‘.i. 
     
    

    
     'l‘he Dowitehers are among our best-known lay lirds. They 
     
     migrate in (-otnpaet {lot-ks whieh are easily attraeted to deeoys by an 
     
     imitation of their eall. Mud-flats and liars exposed hy the falling tide 
     
     are their chosen feeding grounds. ()n the Gulf coast of Florida ] have