Snipe
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Snipe. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the common name of the birds composing the family Scolopacidæ. There are many genuses, of which the genus Gallinago may be taken as the type. The common snipe of Europe (G. media), is about 11 inches in entire length, the bill almost 3 inches. The general color of the upper parts is a blackish-brown, finely mixed with pale-brown and a rich buffcolor; three pale-brown streaks along the head; the neck and breast pale-rust color mottled with black; the belly white. The snipe makes a nest of a little dry herbage in a depression of the ground, or sometimes in a tuft of grass or rushes. The eggs are four in number, pale-yellowish or greenish-white, the larger end spotted SNIPE with brown. This species of snipe is plentiful in all the moorv and marshy places throughout Europe, also in some parts of Asia, and it is found in the N. of Africa. The snipe is capable of being tamed. The common American snipe (G. Wilsonii) is about equal in size to the common snipe of Europe, and much resembles it also in plumage. This species is abundant in summer in the N. parts of the United States and in Canada, in the more southern States in winter. It is much in request for the table, and is often caught in snares.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
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.