ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE PLOVERS, SNIPES, AND IMMEDIATE ALLIES
Snipe
In the typical Snipe (Gallinago), which are also sometimes referred to Scolopax, the lower portion of the tibia is nearly or quite bare of feathers, and the body is more slender and the legs relatively longer, while the number of tail-feathers varies from twelve to twenty-four.
Another character serving to separate them from the Woodcocks is afforded by the longitudinal instead of transverse black markings on the head.
Of the twenty-three forms now referred to this genus, North America lays claim to but one, the Wilson's Snipe (G. delicata), though the closely related European Snipe (G. gallinago) is of frequent occurrence in Greenland.
Seven or eight species are found in South America, while the remainder are widely spread throughout the Old World.
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