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Scolopax frenata, tail feathers of; Scolopax gallinago, drumming of. Scolopax javensis, tail-feathers of. Scolopax major, assemblies of. Scolopax Wilsonii, sound produced by. Scolytus, stridulation of. Scoter-duck, black, sexual difference in coloration of the; bright beak of male. Scott, Dr., on idiots smelling their food. Scott, J., on the colour of the beard in man.
Different tones are emitted by the feathers of the different species when waved through the air; and the Scolopax Wilsonii of the United States makes a switching noise whilst descending rapidly to the earth. See M. Meves' interesting paper in 'Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 199. For the habits of the snipe, Macgillivray, 'History of British Birds, vol. iv. p. 371. For the American snipe, Capt.
It is the same bird, Ortyx Virginiana: they call it partridge in the South rather smaller than ours at the North. In the swamp I found snipe, Scolopax Wilsonii: they call them here jacksnipe. Here is one of them: did you ever see a fatter bird?" "I should like to go and look them up to-morrow morning," said the captain. "How far away were they?" "About half a mile only, north-west.
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