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it closely resembles the Woodcock and is, perhaps, even slower. It 

 pursues the same wavering, bat-like course in its mode of progression, 

 makes the same unlooked-for darts to one side or the other, and 

 finally, has the same headlong tumble into cover, giving one the idea 

 that it has died suddenly and fallen to earth. 



It is, however, a very shy retiring bird, and never like the Wood- 

 cock frequents the haunts of men. This shyness and also the 

 unhealthiness of its habitat along the Terai will probably always 

 prevent us learning very much about it. 



The Plate of the Wood Snipe is excellent, both in colouration and 

 attitude. In many birds the bill has a faint green tinge about the 

 base, but normally, I think, the colour is much the same as that of 

 the plate, though perhaps not quite so clear and hard as there 

 depicted. 



The legs and feet are very well coloured, but the colouration 

 varies much and is often just as distinctly greenish as they are here 

 shown bluish. 



The attitudes of the birds in this plate and that of the Solitary 

 Snipe show well the characteristics of the two species ; the active, 

 quick-moving character of the Solitary Snipe, as compared with the 

 heavy, slow disposition of the Wood Snipe. 



