...I think they use their curved bill muchoftener for probing in the ground than for searching the bark of trees,as many of those shot had the base of the bill and the frontal feathersplastered with mud... 
P. L. Sclater 「Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)」
...You needscarcely hope to see the probing performance because earth-worms, likemice, come out of their holes after dark, which is why snipe are mostactive then...
Neltje Blanchan 「Birds Every Child Should Know」
...From time to time,one of the sextons, almost always a male, emerges and goes the roundsof the animal, which he explores, probing its velvet coat...
J. H. Fabre 「The Wonders of Instinct」
...By means of systematic probing of known hibernacula it wasfound that they are deepened gradually in the course of the winter...
John M. Legler 「Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz」
..."There has been talk of probing thisdisaster, naturally," began Jenks...
Various 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930」
... For over two hours we rode, prying into and probing all sorts of odd nooks and crannies before we found any sign of blacks, and then, Roper giving the alarm, every one sat to attention...
Jeanie “Mrs. Aeneas” Gunn 「We of the Never-Never」
...A little further on, he was just in timeto save the carts, for an aboriginal was probing in the ground with aspear to ascertain their whereabouts...
Ernest Favenc 「The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work」
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