Crossing the common, I found that where it had been dry in spring one might now sink to his knees in the bog; also that the snipe which had vanished for a season were back at the old spot where they used to breed.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
I fancy there are close on sixty brace of grouse, with some blue hares and a snipe and a wild duck."
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
In this are usually three snipe, never more.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash