THE GAME OF THE SEASON.
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BY FRANK FORESTER.
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BAY SNIPE SHOOTING.
The Hudsonian Godwit. Limosa Hudsonica. Vulgo. Ring-tailed Marlin.
The Red-Breasted Snipe. Scolopax Noveboracensis. Vulgo. Robin-breast, Quail Snipe, Dowitcher.
Under the general, and very incorrect appellation of Bay Snipe, and sometimes of Plover, the sea-shore gunners, and city fowlers who accompany them for pleasure, are wont to include many totally distinct and different families of waders, each containing several varieties, and all, though in some sort connected, entirely dissimilar in characteristics, plumage, cry and flight, as well as in some peculiarities of habit.