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6ALLINAG0 STENURA. 

 THE PINTAIL SNIPE. 



Scolopax stenura, Kuhl, Srehohm, Chamdriuhr, p. 447 ; id B. Jap. Em. 

 p. 345. 



Scolopax horsfieldii, Gray, Zool Misc., p. 2 ; iil. et Hardw. Lid. Zooh ii, 

 Part 54. 



Gallinago horsfieldi, Hume, S. F. iii, p. 182. 



Gallinago stenura, Jerd. B. of I. iii, p. G74 ; God.-Aus. J. A. S. S.xxxix, 

 p. 273 ; Blaiiford, ibid, xlx, p. 270; Marshall, S. F. i, p. 428 ; Hume, 

 ibid. p. 423 ; Hume, ibid, ii, p. 294 ; Parker, ibid. p. 335 ; Ball, ibid. 

 p. 431 ; Blyth cf- Wald. B. of B. p. 156 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv, p. 340 ; 

 Hume, ibid. V, p. 46 ; Butler, ibid. p. 212 ; Legrje, B. of Cetj. p. 816 ; 

 Oates, Birds of B. B. ii, p. 383 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv, p. 619 ; Blan. 

 Avifauna of B. I. iv, p. 289; Finn. In. Waders, p. 148; Sharpe. 

 Hand-L. i, p. 165 ; Oates, Game-B. ii, p. 469 ; id. Cat. Eggs B. M. 

 ii. p. 356 ; Stuart Baker, J. B. N. H. S. xii, p. 500 ; Butler, ibid, xiii, 

 p. 149; Wall, ibid, xv, p. 722; Williamson, Journ. N. H. Siam, i, 

 p. 48; Barton, ibid. p. 109; Grant, ibid. p. 117; Gairdner, ibid. 

 p. 152; Bobinson d- Kloss, Ibis, 1910, pp. 659-75; id. ibid. 1911, 

 pp. 10-80 ; IT 0/7, Sjmlia Zeylanica, x, p. 237 (1916) ; Stoney, 

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



Gallinago sthenura, Le Mess. S. F. iii, p. 380 ; Hume £ Dav. ibid, vi 

 p. 459 ; Hume, ibid, vii, p. 39 ; Dav. £ Wen. ibid. p. 88 ; Ball, ibid 

 p. 228 ; Cnpiis, ibid. p. 301 ; Hume, ibid, vii, p. 69 ; id. ibid. p. 112 

 Bingham; ibid. p. 196; Scully, ibid. p. 354; Butler, Cat. B. of S. 

 p. 61 ; id. Cat. B. S. Bom. Pres. p. 75 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 83 

 Bingham, ibid. p. 196 ; Itrid, ibid, x, p. 68 ; David, ibid. p. 320 

 Davis, ibid. p. 413 ; Murray, Vert. Faun. Scind, p. 239 ; Hume 

 S. F. xi, p. 319 ; Bloech, J. B. N. H. xxiii, p. 777 ; Stoney, ibid 

 p. 778. 



Pintail Snipe, W. Gayc, J. B. N. II. S. vi, p. 418 ; St. J. Eichardson, 



ibid. p. 488. 

 Vernacular Names. — Few natives appear to recognise tlie difference 



lietween tlie Pintail and Fantail Snipes, and the vernacular names 



given to tlie latter apply equally to both. 



Pazembon Kya or Ja {Kyauk.se, Kachin Hills). 



Description. Adult Male. — The Pintail Snipe differs from the 

 Fantail in coloration in having the whole of the axillaries and 



