656 CHAEADEIID^). 



brown ; the hinder ear-coverts crossed by a line of dark brown 

 and tipped with chestnut ; hind-neck rather more rufescent and 

 scarcely mottled at all with dusky ; cheeks and upper throat white ; 

 lower throat, fore-neck, and chest earthy brown, the feathers 

 edged with white ; the chest somewhat barred with dusky brown • 

 remainder of under surface white, barred with dusky brown on 

 the sides of the body and breast ; the abdomen uniform and the 

 under tail-coverts with only a few broken bars ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, barred with dusky brown, the white bars of 

 the axillaries being broader than the dark ones : " bill plumbeous T 

 black at tip, base of lower mandible yellowish brown ; feet dull 

 olive or pale yellowish green, the soles yellowish ; claws horny 

 black; iris dark brown" (J. Scully). Total length 11 inches, 

 culnien 2*9, wing 6 - 3, tail 2-3, tarsus 1*3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 11 inches, 

 culmen 2-8, wing 6, tail 2-5, tarsus 1-3. 



The slight differences which Mr. Seebohm puts forward for the 

 separation of the Japanese bird from that of the Himalayas appear 

 to me to be no more than might be expected from the variation due 

 to age or season ; and I cannot see any valid reason for separating 

 two forms of the Solitary Snipe. The amount of freckling on the outer 

 web of the first primary seems to be certainly a question of age, 

 the younger birds having this feather more mottled than old 

 ones. 



Hob. Breeding in Japan and North-eastern Siberia, westwards to 

 the Altai Mountains, the Himalayas, in fact throughout the greater 

 part of its range. Migrating to the lower valleys in the hills in 

 winter, at which season it is also found in China. 



a. Ad. sk. Alai Plateau. St. George Littledale, 



Esq. [P.]. 



b. <$ ad. sk. Ferghana, Turkestan, Jan. 17. Seebohm Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Kashgar, Jan. 22, 1874 (F. Second Yarkand 



/Stoliczka). Mission. 



d. Ad. sk. Sanju Pass, Nov. 1, 1873 (F. Second Yarkand 



Stoliczka). Mission. 



e. Ad. sk. Ladak (Cajit. Strachey). India Museum. 



/. 3 ad. sk. Ladak, Sept. 18. Colonel Biddulph 



[C.]. 



g. $ ad. sk. Ladak, Sept. 18 (J. Biddulph). Tweeddale Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Leh. Tweeddale Coll. 



i. 2 ad.sk. Shagra, Oct. 8 (G. Henderson). Hume Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Kulu {Major Hay). Gould Coll. 



I, m, n. Ad. sk. Cashmere, Aug., Oct. ( W. E. Hume Coll. 



Brooks) . 



o. Ad. sk. Chuuibla, Kotegurh, March 15. Hume Coll. 



p. 2 ad. sk. Syree, Feb. 2 (F. Thompsmi). Hume Coll. 



q. Ad. sk. Simla. Hume Coll. 



r. Ad. sk. Near Simla (A. Anderson). Hume Coll. 



s, <.Ad.sk. Afghanistan (Griffith). India Museum. 



u, v. Ad. sk. Masuri, Oct. Hume Coll. 



w-a'. Ad. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



b'. Ad. sk. Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). India Museum. 



