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Title: Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations
Identifier: commercialpoultr11 (find matches)
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Warren, Benjamin Harry, 1858-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Harrisburg : E. K. Meyers, State Printer
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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I 82 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. migrations. Should these cripples remain in a locality duringr the sum- mer months, I have no doubt some of them mig-ht reproduce. Accordingr to Audubon, "the food of our common snipe consists prin- cipally of g-round-worms, insects and the juicy slender roots of different veg-etables, all of which tend to give its flesh that richness of flavor and juicy tenderness for which it is so deservedly renowned, it being equal to that of the woodcock. Many epicures eat up both snipe and wood- cock with all their viscera, worms and insects to boot, the intestines, in fact, being considered the most savory parts. On opening some newly- killed snipe, I have more than once found fine large and well-fed ground- worms, and at times a leech, which I must acknowledge I never con- ceived suitable articles of food for man, and for this reason I have always taken good care to have both snipe and woodcocks well cleaned, as all game ought to be." The food-materials found in viscera of twenty-five snipes examined by the author are as follows: No. 1 2 i 4 ft 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11) 17 18 !eeds and earth-w^orms. Beetles and earth-worms. Beetles. Beetles and earth-worms. Various Insects and vegetable matter. Small seeds. Small seeds and earth-worms. Vegetable matter. * Small seeds. * Polygonum. Genus MACRORHAMPHUS Leach. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.). Dowitcher. Description. Bill similar to Wilson's Snipe ; wings rather long and pointed ; about threo-fourtha of an inch of lower part of tibia bare ; front toes with basal webs especially between the middle and outer ; tail double-emarginate with twelve feathers ; Galliyiago usu- ally has sixteen tail feathers; sexes alike, but plumage varies much with age and season. Although this bird has a general reseml)lance to Wilson's Snipe, it can easily be distinguished from it by basal webs of toes; or even when flying by the white markings of lower back. Plate 19. k
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I Yellow-throated Vireo. 2. Blue-winged Warbler. 3. Great Eorned Owl Males. COLOR PLATE

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