130. THE PIN-TAIL SNIPE. 



Gallinago stenura (Kuhl). 



Primaries plain. 



Tip of the first secondary quill reaching 



closely to the tips of the primary 



coverts. 

 Outer web of the first primary brown, 



like the inner web. 

 White margins to the tips of the 



secondaries never wider than the 



thickness of a small pin, or altogether 



absent. 

 With a longitudinal pale band on the 



crown. 

 Outer tail-feathers narrow and stiff. 



Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Names :— The same as those 

 used for the Common Snipe. 



The Pin-tail Snipe is found, during the 

 winter, over nearly every portion of the 

 Empire, including Ceylon, the Andamans 

 and Nicobars, except in the North-west. 

 From all that I can gather, it would 

 appear that a line drawn from the head 

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