Snipe

a family of seacoast and inland shore birds. Including the sandpiper and the woodcock, the family numbers a hundred species, forty-five of which are native to North America. They all have bare legs for wading and long straight bills for probing soft soil. The nest, usually in open ground, is a mere depression in the earth, lined, it may be, with short bits of grass or weeds. The Wilson snipe, ranging from South America to Hudson Bay, is one of the largest species and is prized by sportsmen. The large upland plover, that alights on a fence post and stretches its wings above its back before folding them softly, is a snipe rather than a plover, the plover having a short bill. In time of abundance, snipes are generous feeders, devouring, it is said, their own weight of food daily. See Bird; Sandpiper; Turnstone; Woodcock

Snorre Sturleson (1179-1241), a distinguished Icelander. He was born at Hyamm and was assassinated on his estate, Reykjaholt. He was a judicial officer of high standing. He visited Norway twice. He wrote Heimskringla, being the sagas of the Norwegian kings. He is claimed by some as the author of the Younger Edda.