129. THE COMMON SNIPE. 



Gallinago gallinago (LiNNi^us). 



Primaries plain. 



Tip of the first secondary quill reaching 



closely to the tips of the primary 



coverts. 

 Outer web of the first primary white. 

 With white margins to the tips of the 



outer secondaries, one-tenth of an 



inch, or more, in width. 

 With a longitudinal pale band on the 



crown. 

 All the tail-feathers soft and broad. 



Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Names : — Chaha, Hind. ; 

 Bharka, Bharak, Nepal ; Chegga, 

 Khada-Ktichi, Bengal ; Tibud, Faii- 

 lawa, Mahrati ; Mor-ulan, (Jlan, Tamil ; 

 Muku-puredi, Telugu ; Kceswatuwa, 

 Ceylon; Kada-Kecho, Orissa. ; C/zerayga, 

 Assam ; Check lonbi, Manipur ; Myay- 

 wootf Suite, Burmese. 



The Common or Fan-tail Snipe occurs 

 as a winter visitor in every portion of the 

 Empire, including Ceylon, the Andamans, 



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