. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: rev.and ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. GALLINAGO WILSONI : AMERICAN SNIPE. I95 bird being technically different from that of England, as any one may perceive on comparing the two, though t ^ y , J. the general resemblance is quite close. It is another of the deplorable instances in which paucity of language. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemb

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. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: rev.and ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. GALLINAGO WILSONI : AMERICAN SNIPE. I95 bird being technically different from that of England, as any one may perceive on comparing the two, though t ^ y , J. the general resemblance is quite close. It is another of the deplorable instances in which paucity of language. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham

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