ROSTRATULA CAPENSIS 121 



ROSTRATULA CAPENSIS. 



THE PAINTED SNIPE. 



Scolopax capensis, Linn, S. N. i, p. 246 (1766). 



Rostratula capensis, Vieill, Nouv. Die. (VHixt. Nal. vii, p. 1 ; Sharpr, 



Cat. B. M. xxiv, p. 683 ; id. Eand-L. i, p. 167; Oatrs, Gamc-B. ii, 



p. 489 ; Finn, In. Waders, p. 155 ; Blanfovd Avifauna, B. I. iii, p. 293 ; 



Stuart Baker, J. B. N. E. S. xii, p. 501; Bourdillon, ibid, xvi, p. 10; 



Macdonald, ibid, xvii, p. 500; Oate.% Cat. Eqga B. M. ii, p. 68; 



il/o.s.s King, J. B. N. H. S. xxi, p. 102 ; Pitman, ibid. p. 666 ; 



Williamson, Jour. N. H. Siam, i, p. 48 ; Barton, ibid. p. 109 ; Herbert, 



ibid. p. 54 (1914) ; Gijldenstolpe, Swedish E.r. to Siam, p. 147 (1916) ; 



Wait, Spolia Zeylanica, x. p. 237. 

 Rhynchoea capensis, Butler, S. F. ix, p. 428 ; Lcgge, B. of Ceij. p. 800 ; 



Reid, S. F. ix, p. 69; Hawkins, ibid. p. 172; Davidson, ibid. p. 320; 



Gates, B. of B. B. ii, p. 386; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 322; Seebohm, 



Charadriida;, p. 456 ; Gates, Hume's Nests and Eggs, iii, p. 350 ; 



Munn. Ibis, p. 894, p. 73. 



Rhynchoea bengalensis, Grai/, Cat. B. Nepal Pres. Hodg. p. 140; Bli/th, 

 Cat. p. 273; Jerdou, B. of In. iii, p. 677; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. 

 xxx%'ii, p. 20 ; King, ibid. p. 217 ; Hutton, ibid, xvi, p. 790 ; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, p. 586 ; id. S. F. i, p. 235 ; Adam, ibid. p. 396 ; 

 Ball, ibid, ii, p. 431; Gates, ibid, iii, p. 346; Blyth it Walden, 

 B. of B. p. 157; Butler, S. F. iv, p. 15; Fairhank, ibid. p. 263; 

 Hume, ibid, v, p. 46 ; Butler, ibid. p. 223 ; Hume X Davis, ibid, vi, 

 p. 459 ; David d- Wen, ibid, vii, p. 89 ; Ball, ibid. p. 228 ; Criijps 

 ibid. p. 302; Godwiu-Aus. J. A. S. B. xlvii, Part 2, p. 21; Butler, 

 Cat. B. of S. p. 61 ; id. S. F. vii, p. 187 ; Ball c(- Hume, ibid. p. 228 ; 

 Cri2}ps, ibid. p. 302 ; Hume, ibid. p. 484 ; id. Cat. No. 873 ; Hume, 

 S. F. viii, p. 112, p. 957 ; Doig, ibid. p. 371 ; Butler, Cat. B. S. Bom. 

 Pres. p. 76; Hume d: Marsh. Game-B. iii, p. 381 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, 

 p. 84; Bingham, ibid. p. 197; Davidson, ibid. p. 230; Dau\w)i, 

 ibid, x, p. 414 ; Murray, Vert. Fauna Scind, p. 242 ; Barnes, B. of Bom. 

 p. 347 ; id. J. B. N. H. S. i, p. 59, et vi, p. 130. 



Vernacular Names. — Ohari, Nepal ; Kone, Konebatta, Singbhoom ; 

 Tihud, Pan-Lawa (Mahrati), Eatnagiri ; Mail-ulan (Tamil), Madras ; 

 Baggarjee (L.Bengal); Rajachahn (Saugur); Rajakaesivatuum (Cing.) ; 

 Daodidaii Gajao (Cachari). 



Description. Adult Male. — Crown olive-black, with very fine bars 

 of white and a broad median band buff; feathers round the eye, 



