131. THE JACK-SNIPE. 



Limnocryptes gallinula (Linn^us). 



Primaries plain. 



Tip of the first secondary quill extending 



beyond the tips of the primary coverts 



by about one-quarter of an inch. 

 Basal half of the outer web of the first 



primary whitish. 

 Outer secondaries with the tips of both 



webs obliquely cut to a sharp point. 

 Tail-feathers of the ordinary kind, 



though rather narrow and pointed; 



the middle pair one-quarter of an 



inch longer than the next pair. 

 No longitudinal pale band on the 



crown. 

 Axillaries white, slightly mottled with 



brown, never barred. 



Sexes alike. 



VERNACULAR NAMES :— It is very doubtful 

 whether any native names apply specially 

 to this Snipe. 



The Jack-Snipe is found over the whole 

 peninsula of India, from the Himalayas 



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