. La chasse et la pêche en Floride, y compris une clé pour les oiseaux aquatiques connus pour se produire dans l'état . a fait en Floride en hiver et est très abondant dans les marécages de l'Alabama et de la Louisiane à certaines saisons. Les oeufs sont habituellement quatre, marbré et tacheté de brun. Genre GALLINAGO Leach. QALLINAQO DELICATA (Ord).Wilsons Snipe. Anglais Snipe. Le projet de loi long et droit, légèrement agrandi près de la pointe et montrant de nombreuses petites fosses; pas de toile sur les orteils; parties supérieures générales marron foncé, brun tawny, jaune pâle, blanc terne; dessus de la tête noir avec une bande centrale de brun tawny; bande extérieure de la première WH primaire
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. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . ved inFlorida in winter and is very abundant in the swamps of Alabama andLouisiana at some seasons. The eggs are usually four, mottled and spottedwith brown. Genus GALLINAGO Leach. QALLINAQO DELICATA (Ord).Wilsons Snipe. English Snipe. Bill long and straight, being slightly enlarged near the tip and showing numerous small pits ;no web on toes; general upper parts dark brown, tawny brown, pale yellow, dull white; top ofthe head black with middle stripe of tawny brown; outer web of first primary white; greater 274 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. wing coverts brownish or dusky with white tips; axilars and under surface of wings barred withblack; upper tail coverts tawny brown barred with black; tail feathers chestnut brown withsubterminal black bar; tips white and feathers marked with black at the base; under partswhite; breast and throat speckled and lined with brown; sides of the body brownish barredwith dull black. Length, ii ; Wing, 5; Tail, 2.20; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 2.40 to z.60.. Gallinago delicata. Ranges from Hudson Bay and Labrador south to South America. Breedsfrom New Enghmd northward. This species is common in Florida in win-ter, where it is found in great numbers on the fresh water marshes. It iscommon on the New England coast in the spring and fall, and occasionallya few remain to breed. KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 275 The eggs are pale buff color spotted with chocolate brown, more nu-merously at the larger ends ; bill brown (greenish gray in life), paler at baseand darker toward the end. Genus MACRORHAMPHUS Leach. MACRORHAMPHUS QRISEUS {Gmel.).Dowitcher. Red=breasted Snipe. Adult in sutnmer: A small web between the innertoes ; upper parts blackish; feathers edged with tawnybrown; top of head blackish mottled with tawnybrown ; under parts red brown, banded on the sides ;throat and breast only slightly spotted, entirely with-out spots in some plumag
