127. THE WOOD-SNIPE. 



Gallinago nemoricola (Hodgson). 



Primaries plain. 



Tip of the first secondary quill falling 

 beyond the tips of the primary coverts 

 by about three-quarters of an inch. 



Outer web of the first primary entirely 

 brown, like the inner web. 



Outer tail-feathers narrow and stiff. 



Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Names -.—Ban-chaha, Nepal. 



The Wood-Snipe is restricted, so far as 

 is at present known, to the Indian Empire. 

 In the summer, it is found in the Hima- 

 layas from Dalhousie and the Ravi river 

 on the west to Sikhim on the east, at 

 elevations ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 

 feet. It seems improbable, however, that 

 Sikhim should be its eastern limit; and 

 this Snipe will, no doubt, be hereafter 

 discovered in summer on the Himalayas 

 in Bhutan and Assam. 



In winter this species finds its way 



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