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	JACK - LoveToKnow Article on JACK
		Jack was early used as a general term for any man of the common people, especially in combination with the womans name Jill or Gill, as in the nursery rhyme.
		Familiar examples of this generic application of the name are Jack or Jack Tar for a sailor, which seems to date from the 17th century, and such compound uses as cheap-jack and steeple-jack, or such expressions as jack in office, jack of all trades, andc.
		The jack is flown on a staff on the bowsprit of a vessel.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JA/JACK.htm (959 words)

	Jack Snipe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus is a small stocky wader.
		It is the smallest snipe, and the only one in the genus Lymnocryptes.
		Jack Snipes are migratory, wintering in Great Britain, Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal Europe, Africa, and India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Snipe (236 words)

	Peatlands \| Wildlife \| Birds \| Common snipe
		Snipe appear to be declining in some areas, possibly as a result of the loss of suitable nesting habitat.
		Snipe are protected during the close season but may be hunted in Northern Ireland during the open season from 1 September to the 31 January.
		The Snipe is listed in Annex II/1 of the Birds Directive, Appendix III of the Bern Convention and Appendix II of the Bonn Convention.
	www.peatlandsni.gov.uk /wildlife/birds/snipe.htm (332 words)

	The Wildson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly
		The Wildson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly
		We returned to Lower Moors and found all the snipe in stretching and preening mode, and it was not long before the Wilson's Snipe had spread its tail and raised its wing, revealing the important features of the pattern on the axillanes and underwing-coverts and the narrow white trailing edge to the secondaries.
		Obviously, the world's snipe could be the subject of a lifetime's study, so this discussion and the captions to the accompanying photographs (written overnight to a deadline) are not meant to be a definitive study.
	www.birdingworld.freeserve.co.uk /WilsonsSnipeArticle.htm (1079 words)

	SNIPE - LoveToKnow Article on SNIPE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thus N. America produces G. wilsoni, so like the English Snipe as not to be easily distinguished except by the possession of 16 rectrices, and Australia has G. australis, a larger and somewhat differently colored bird with 18 rectrices.
		The Double or Solitary Snipe of English sportsmen, S. major, a larger species, also inhabits N. Europe, and may be readily recognized by the white bars in its wings and by its 16 or occasionally 18 rectrices.
		Thus the bill, becomes a most delicate organ of sensation, and by its means the bird, while probing for food, is at once able to distinguish the nature of the objects it encounters, though these are wholly out of sight.
	86.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SN/SNIPE.htm (774 words)

	Snipe - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Snipe nest on the ground in thick vegetation on wet moors or pasture where there is easy access to soft ground and small shallow pools.
		Snipe spend the winter in habitat similar to that used in the breeding season.
		During the breeding season snipe are best look for on moorland, especially on early spring mornings when males can be heard giving their 'drumming' or 'bleating' display.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/s/snipe/index.asp (265 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Jack.
		One who lends a hand in an emergency; an itinerant clergyman who has no cure, but officiates for a fee in any church where his assistance is required.
		An insolent sauce-box, “the worst Jack of the pack.” Fluellen says one who challenges another and refuses to fight is a “Jack-sauce.” (Henry V., iv.
		Jack, a generic name for man, husband, or master; and Gill or Jill, his wife or female servant.
	www.bartleby.com /81/9051.html (820 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Nature (J) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Jack Russell Terrier is a British breed of dog originating from the Reverend Jack Russell who created the breed as a hunting dog at the end of the 19th century as a dog that could hunt alongside hounds and also go to earth to drive out a fox.
		Jack Russells are lively and excitable dogs with a tendency to nip.
		The Jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a marsh bird similar to, but smaller than the snipe, with more distinctive stripes on its head.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /B61.HTM (2597 words)

	Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago
		Snipe is larger, and has longer bill than similarly plumaged Jack Snipe.
		Once a female snipe is attracted the male pursues her and dives with wings held above the body in a V-shape often rolling and turning upside-down.
		Fortunately snipe are persistent breeders and females made produce three or four clutches in the season before rearing young.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/snipe.htm (415 words)

	snipe - definition by dict.die.net
		Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers.
		Prairie pigeon, plover, or snipe (Zo["o]l.), the upland plover.
		The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, fl; three outer tail feathers partly white.
	dict.die.net /snipe (532 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Shooting & Fishing - Let sleeping birds fly
		This time the snipe were there, a "wisp" of 15 according to the keeper, who has a freeze-frame memory for large quantities of flying objects.
		And, er, the Jack Snipe, which shot up in the air from under my feet and promptly fell down, which was a bit of a surprise as it seemed to have anticipated the shot.
		Jack Snipe have a very cunning habit of crashing as if dead in the air and when you go to pick them they just get up and fly away.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1092&id=16142005 (778 words)

	Jack Snipe
		Jack Snipe: Medium-sized, stocky sandpiper with mottled brown upperparts and paler underparts.
		Jack Snipe: Habitant of marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows in northern Europe and northern Russia.
		Jack Snipe: Three to four olive-brown eggs are laid in well-hidden nest, located on the ground.
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/483/target.aspx (556 words)

	Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
		During 1994 jack snipe were recorded at 36 localities in the county.
		Jack snipe are usually confined to a particular patch of fen, marsh or swamp from which individuals may be repeatedly put-up.
		The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/jack-snipe.htm (477 words)

	* Snipe - (Animals): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The species found in Britain are the common snipe Gallinago gallinago about 25 cm/10 in long and mottled fl and brown; the slightly smaller jack snipe Lymnocryptes minima, and the great or solitary snipe G...
		Common Snipe: An individual was seen near Bronaugh in southwest Missouri in breeding habitat on May 27, 1992 in Vernon County.
		Common snipe, a bird normally flushed into a furious disappearing flight or seen at a distance from a hide, when its head briefly peeps above the grass...
	www.bestknows.com /animals/snipe.html (273 words)

	Snipe
		Snipe is a term used to describe 18 very similar wading bird species, characterised by a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage.
		There are two southern snipe species in the genus Coenocorypha, 15 typical snipe in the genus Gallinago, and the very small Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus.
		A snipe hunt is a practical joke in which a victim is told they are going to hunt snipe in an area where they are guaranteed not to be, and are then left there.
	www.findword.org /sn/snipe.html (350 words)

	Limerick Leader - October 2nd, 2004 - Features - FEATURES - FEAR TUAITHE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		My surprise at such a number as they departed in ones, twos and threes, was heightened further when a jack snipe took off, only to drop into a rushy patch in the traditional style, less than a 100 yards away.
		Always numerically very scarce, even in the heyday of snipe numbers when there would be a couple of hundred birds in a good snipe bog there would only be one jack snipe.
		Young snipe, and even the eggs in the nest, are, of course, always at risk from predators, and, as many of the Lough Derg islands have a growing rat population, the nests of ground nesting birds such as snipe are vulnerable.
	www.limerick-leader.ie /issues/20041002/tuaithe.html (740 words)

	the jack snipe
		The Jack Snipe prefers coverage that is scattered: a bit of reed, small tussocks, preferably badly developed vegetation Here they also look for food on a mostly muddy soil, sometimes a bit mossy.
		In my research the Snipe is indeed more numerous in times of rainy weather; on the other hand the Jack Snipe will endure longer when the winter starts to influence the circumstances.
		the proportion beak-length/ head-length; with the Snipe the beak is clearly longer, not in the Jack Snipe.
	www.xs4all.nl /~meek/birds/js.htm (1327 words)

	Paghat's Garden: Narcissus cyclamineus 'Jack Snipe'
		But the 'Jack Snipes' did not recover their strength & the bulbs from 2001 had faded into non-existance.
		The first photo shows the original Jack Snipe which in the overly shaded original location became a bit taller than on average for them, the flowers faced rigidly forward, & the white petals were extremely thin.
		The second planting resulted in quite a different appearance of Jack Snipes that were extremely short, kept their trumpets strongly goosenecked down, & had fatter white petals.
	www.paghat.com /narcissusjacksnipe.html (833 words)

	ESPN.com - Snipe hunting
		Snipe are typically found in wet meadows, or on little hummocks rising out of freshwater marshes.
		When I was learning to hunt and shoot my father encouraged me to hunt snipe and rails, which are also challenging to hit, because he said that if I could learn to hit something like that, a duck or a goose would be a piece of cake.
		Snipe hunting is my idea of a great day afield, and a great teacher of humility.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1306674&type=story (1203 words)

	* Jack - (Plants): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) is a (A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South...
		Brunnera 'Jack Frost' makes a clump 18 inches wide of rounded frosty looking silver leaves and is topped with tiny clusters of clear blue flowers in early spring and prefers moist, rich soils to grow the best plants...
		Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) is primarily a boreal species and typically grows in poor, sandy soils.
	www.bestknows.com /plants/jack.html (668 words)

	Hunting snipe in france (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The jack snipe -bécassine sourde- is the smallest and what we call marsh snipe (common snipe), bécassine des marais is the most common.
		Snipe are walked up with flushing dogs or labrador retrievers or preferably attempted over pointing dogs.
		Snipe wetlands in Normandy - In the background the port and lighthouse of Honfleur -
	www.gourmetfly.com /Huntsni.htm (130 words)

	jack - definition by dict.die.net
		A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack; as: (a) A device to pull off boots.
		The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.
		To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks.
	dict.die.net /jack (669 words)

	Chapter J <i>to</i> Jackknife of J by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
		a thin iron plate operated by the jack to depress the loop of thread between two needles.
		a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon which the jack is hoisted.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1201/23101/3.html (575 words)

	BirdForum - Jack Snipe Joy
		This meant that if there were any Jack Snipe about they'd probably be in the only area with running water and that would be in the water channels at the edge of the marsh.
		Jack Snipe are a figment of birdwatcher's imagination.
		Winkle is correct, Jack snipe do not exist, otherwise I would have seen one too wouldn't I! Well done antwain.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=2502 (897 words)

	Jack snipe - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Jack snipe - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		It is a secretive bird and when approached it tends to crouch down, relying on its camouflaged plumage, only flying at the last minute.
		It will fly low and rapidly drop down again, unlike snipe which zig-zags and then flies off high.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/j/jacksnipe/index.asp (195 words)

	Monthly Reports 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Waders were much in evidence with an early returning Jack Snipe appearing (14th), along with a Ruff and Greenshank (18th) and Snipe numbers peaking at 15 (25th).
		Broughton - A Jack Snipe was found along with 38 Common Snipe (2nd), a Swift was early (21st), with Hobby seen (27th) and Commpn Sandpiper (24th).
		Six Jack Snipe was an impressive number (2nd) along with 44 Common Snipe, a drake Pintail dropped in (15th) and 80 Golden Plover flew over (23rd).
	www.hawfinches.freeserve.co.uk /Reports-2001.htm (4500 words)

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		Gone was the pretence of religious beliefs and along with it the armour he had once worn to identify him as one of the chosen.
		At the age of 23, Jack Snipe had learnt to become a soldier for a greater cause: Survival.
		Jack Snipe smiled, releasing his fists and nodded as the other removed his masque, revealing a shock of receding grey hair and a face ravaged by age.
	solo.abac.com /lubakmetyk/others/jacob/Angels23.txt (5930 words)

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		Over 100 publications of the last 150 years about the Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus, were analysed to study the former and current breeding distributions of the species in the European part of Russia.
		The most southern locations were at 52-53ЂN. Probably Jack Snipe did not breed annually in the more southern areas.
		Jack Snipe does not breed at present in Orel, Kaluga, Tula, Ryasan», Moscow, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Kostroma and Nizhny-Novgorod administrative regions as well as in the middle Volga River area.
	herba.msu.ru /russian/journals/bmsn/108/2003_3.html (2617 words)

	Omaha Sunday World-Herald \| Forest, Field and Stream. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As a matter of fact, snipe shooting on a short tufted meadow or pasture land is the easiest sort of wing shooting.
		To be sure it is true, the jack does rise against the wind, when there is a wind, and it is also true that he zigzags a few times to get up steam and strike a straight course.
		On cold windy days the jack is wild and will jump at the extreme range, and then the shooting is truly a test of skill, as well as a test of the gun you are shooting, and the ammunition you are using.
	libr.unl.edu:2000 /birds_of_nebraska/DJ.00858.html (890 words)

	Birds - Wilson's Snipe
		As the snipe's eyes are set far back in its head, it must be guided only by the sense of touch.
		The flight of a snipe, almost invariably erratic, zig-zag one minute and maybe strong and direct the next, discourages all but the most expert wing shot.
		For the most part, these snipe go north of the United States to lay three or four clay-colored or olive eggs, heavily marked and scratched with chocolate, in a depression in the ground.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/birds-211.shtml (622 words)

	Omaha Sunday World-Herald \| A Jack in the Hole. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The jack referred to is neither the slang for dough, nor the ox-eyed gent of the paper jack.
		There is not a hunter in this part of the country that doesn't love the Wilson Snipe, which he invariably terms "Jack," and the elusive shore-bird with its swift and erratic flight makes the seasonable sport of shooting it - or at it - one of the fall treats.
		But at least two jacks have remained, and are patronizing open water-holes on the Little Pappio creek in the west part of Omaha.
	libr.unl.edu:2000 /birds_of_nebraska/DJ.00462.html (297 words)

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