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(Continued) Gallinago wilsoni.
I890. Maine. small, flesh colored worm apparently not an earth worm
Oct. 8,L. Umbagog; - but not unlike one in general appearance. The
stomach contained a mass of half digested matter among which the
only recognizable objects were the legs and wing-coverts of many
small water beetles. I found numerous remains of these beetles
in other Snipes shot to-day.
1890. L. Umbagog;- Gallinago wilsoni.
Oct, 20, Maine. About the 20th Alva Coolidge started several Snipe in
a springy run (free from bushes) in a pasture near the top of
Upton Hill. The Lake meadows were flooded at this time.