10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNIPELIKE»
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In flight, shows quite narrow, pointed wings, obviously waderlike, and may give a
snipelike call. Generally very similar to Greybreasted Seedsnipein bothmaleand
femaleplumages, and shows analmost identical pattern ofblack andwhite onthe ...
John Marchant, Peter Hayman, Tony Prater, 2010
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
Snipelike Waders and Sandpipers in Flight These species and those on the next
plate show their basic flight patterns. Most of these have unpatterned wings,
lacking a pale stripe. Learn their distinctive flight calls. WILSON'S SNIPE
Gallinago ...
Roger Tory Peterson, 2010
Limnodromus. Med. sized and chunky; very long straight bill (snipelike) slightly
broader at tip; fairly short legs; probe rapidly in water. Short-billed Dowitcher
PLATE 18 Limnodromus griseus Becasina Migratoria Identification: 11′′ (
28cm).
This is the outstanding difference between plovers and snipelike birds. Following
the snipes are four or five genera that seem out of place, but they will fit into no
other order. Orders and genera are artificial groups, and they cannot be defined ...
SNIPELIKE SHORE BIRDS The snipes, the sandpipers, and a few other shore
birds differ from the plovers in having long slender bills of which the distal end is
not harder and larger than the basal part. This is the outstanding difference ...
Philippines. Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1940
6
The Australian Bird Watcher
Very long and snipelike generally. Seemed about twice head length. Straight
laterally with only a slight taper from base to tip giving it an overall thick or sturdy
look. In dorsal aspect a slight swelling toward the tip. Legs. Dark grey or blackish.
7
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
It is a much larger bird that M. griseus, with a proportionally longer and still more
thoroughly Snipelike bill, while the semi-palmation of the toes at once
distinguishes it. The plumage, too, is very different, and in our Indian bird
considerably ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1859
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Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of ...
Of all the snipelike birds of this country, called "Scolopax," the present is the only
one to which the name is strictly applicable rusticola. 203. Genus GALLINAGO
Leach. American Snipe. Wilson's Snipe. Bill much longer than the head, perfectly
...
Being bridally enamoured of her snipelike husband, she experienced a vague
uneasiness at his long absence. She knew that Birmingham was very large and
Lazarus very small. She knew, further, that he had an acutely minimum supply of
...
... with Lennard Stokes as a drop kick. He was never known to put in a drop w
hich did not find touch, and the ball once in his hands you could safely reckon on
a gain of 30 yards. He had, moreover, a snipelike run and was the most finished ...
William Alphonse Morgan, 1898
