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and the Nicobars. It is very unequal in 

 its distribution. Roughly speaking, it is 

 the commonest Snipe in the peninsula 

 of India, from the Himalayas down to 

 the Godavari river. Elsewhere in the 

 peninsula, and throughout the eastern 

 portion of the Empire, it is far less 

 common than the Pin-tail Snipe. But 

 exceptions to this general statement occur. 

 In some parts of Upper Burma, and at 

 certain times, the Common Snipe is pre- 

 dominant, and some bags are composed 

 entirely of this species. Sometimes the 

 bags are composed of equal quantities of 

 the two Snipes. In Lower Burma the Pin- 

 tail is undoubtedly the commoner species 

 at all times. In Tenasserim the Common 

 Snipe becomes very rare. At the extreme 

 east of the Empire, Lieut. J. H. Whitehead 

 informs me that the Snipes killed at 

 Kengtung are mostly Pin-tails, from 

 which I gather that the Common 

 Snipe also occurs in that locality, but 

 less commonly. 



Outside our limits, the Common Snipe 

 has a very wide range, being found in 

 summer throughout Northern Europe and 

 Asia up to about the 70th degree of 

 latitude, and breeding as far south as the 

 Alps, Southern Russia, Turkestan, and 



