Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus): SCOLOPACIDAE: common snipe
Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus): SCOLOPACIDAE: common snipe
This egg is from a clutch of 4 collected on May 15th 1951, Record card reads 'Nest deep down in grass tuft growing in rough field. Eggs laid on small pad of grass. N.B. this nest was located by the string method' - -