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Genus GALLINAGO. 



GALLINAGO GALLINAGO GALLINAGO. 



THE COMMON OR FANTAIL SNIPE. 



Scolopax gallinago, Linn. S. N. i, p. 244 (1758) ; Sccbohm, Cliaradiiidai, 

 p. 484 ; Id. B. Jap. Em. p. 346. 



Scolopax sabinii, Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv, p. 557 ; Barrett-Hamilton, 

 Irish Naturalist, Jan. 1895. 



Gallinago scolopacina, Bltjth, Cat. p. 272 ; Jerdon, B. of I. iii. p. 674 ; 

 Godxvin Austin, J. A. S. B. xxxix, p. 273 ; McMaster, ibid, xl, 

 p. 215; Blanford, ibid. p. 276; Ilumc, Nests d- Eggs, p. 586; Id. 

 S. F. I. p. 235 ; Adam, ibid. p. 395 ; Hume, ibid, ii, p. 295 ; Parker, 

 ibid. p. 335; Hiime, ibid, iii, p. 182; Blyth, B. of B. p. 156; 

 Blanford, East Pers. ii, p. 282 ; Butler & Htime, S. F. iv, p. 15 ; 

 Scully, ibid, p, 186 ; Fairbank, ibid. p. 439 ; Hume <£ Dav. ibid, vi, 

 p. 459 ; David & Wen. ibid, vii, p. 88 ; Ball, ibid. p. 228 ; Legge, 

 B. of Cey. p. 821 ; Hurray, Vert. Fauna Sind, p. 240. 



Gallinago gallinago, Sharpe, Cat. xxiv, p. 633 ; Id. Hand-L. i, p. 165 ; 

 Gates, Game-B. ii, p. 455 ; Id. Cat. Eggs B. M. ii, p. 61 ; Stephens, 

 J. B. H. N. S. xxiii, p. 729 ; Gyldenstolpe, Swedish Ex. to Siam, 

 p. 147 (1916) ; Wait, Spolia Zeylanica, x, p. 237 (1916). 



Gallinago gallinaria, Cripps, S. F., vii, p. 302 ; Hume, ibid, viii, p. 70 ; 



Bingham, ibid. p. 196 ; Scully, ibid. p. 225 ; Butler, Cat. B. of S. 



p. 61 ; Id. Cat. B. S. Bom. Pres. p. 76 ; Vidal. S. F. ix, p. 84 ; 



Bingham, ibid. p. 196 ; Beid, ibid, x, p. 86 ; Barnes, B. of Bom. 



p. 345. 

 Gallinago coslestis, Hume d Marsh. Game-B., iii, p. 359 ; Butler, 



S. F. ix, p. 428 ; Barnes, ibid. p. 459 ; Davidson, ibid, x, p. 320 ; 



Hume, ibid. p. 413 ; Gates, B. of B. B. ii, p. 381 ; Hmne, S. F. x, 



p. 413 ; Id. ibid, xi, p. 321 ; Blanford, Avifauna, B. I. iv, p. 286 ; 



Finn, In. Waders, p. 144 ; Bahr, P. Z. S. p. 12 ; Butler, J. B. N. H. S. 



xii, p. 427; Stuart Baker, ibid. p. 501 : Wilson, ibid. p. 641 ; Battray, 



ibid, xvi, p. 695; Stuart Baker, ibid, xx, p. 547 (1911) ; Bloech, ibid. 



xxiii, p. 778 ; Stoney, ibid, xxiii, p. 779 ; Williamson, J. N. H. Siam, 



i, p. 48 ; Barton, ibid, i, p. 109 ; Gairdner, ibid, i, p. 152 ; Stoney, 



J. B. N. H. S. XXV, p. 306 (1917). 

 The Snipe, the Times, 26th December 1908, and 27th August 1909, 

 Vernacular Names. Chaha or Chaha chiriya (Hin.) ; Chegga, Khada- 



Kocha (Bengali) ; Kocha Sorai, Chaha- Sorai, Chergya (Assamese) ; 



Bharak (Nepal) ; Chek-Lonbi (Manipur) ; Myay-Woot (Burm.) ; 



