Note 20 — THE ASIATIC STEPPES AND THEIR FAUNA.
Margaret R. Thomson translation
[Note 20] p. 103.—Sky-goat.
Bleating of snipe. There has been much discussion as to the origin of the peculiar drumming or bleating sound made by the snipe, to which it owes its Scotch name of “heather-bleater”, but many at least agree with Brehm.