268 GALLINAGO CZLESTIS.—G,. STENURA. 
[§ 4249. Three—Barnham, 18 May, 1855. 
These eggs are under-coloured, and one is almost spotless. | 
[§ 4250. Mouwr.—Cavenham, Suffolk, April, 1861. From 
Mr. G. H. Waddington. 
A fine dark-coloured set. } 
§ 4251. Hour—Leck, Donegal, 11 June, 1862. From 
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Mr. Robert Harvey. | 
§ 4252. Four.—Viksi, 27 July, 1863. 
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Brought as Jack Snipes’ to Knoblock by Abraham Larsson, of Muonio- 
alusta. | 
[§ 4253. our.—Bloxworth, Dorset, 29 April, 1876. “E.N.” 
My brother’s note is:—“ While walking on the heath here the day before 
yesterday, a Snipe got up close in front of me from her nest of four eggs in a 
small tuft of heather and moss. The place has been pared, some two or three 
years ago, I should think, so that the heather is short, and, where it has been 
pared deepest, water is standing in little pools, by one of which was the nest, 
composed of leaves of grass. The eggs were about three-fourths sat upon. 
There are several pairs of Snipes on the heath, certainly three or four near 
the ‘decoy.’ On the same day I heard at least two Grasshopper-Warblers 
and saw one.’’] 
GALLINAGO STENURA (“ Kuhl” fide Bonaparte). 
[§ 4254. Zhree-— Siberia.” From Herr Dode, 1871. 
The information promised concerning these eggs was not supplied. If 
genuine, they are most likely from Przevalski, who alone of Russian explorers 
seems to have found nests of the species and, to judge from Dr. Taczanowski’s 
remarks (Faune Orn. de la Sibérie Orientale, p. 960), met with it nesting in 
great numbers in the marshes and by the lales in the valley of the Yellow 
River. It is stated that Godlevski, who had opportunities of observing it in 
the breeding-season, said that it has no love-song. Though Drs. Dyhowski 
and Parrex met with it, they make no mention of its nest (Journ. fiir Orn. 
1868, p. 838; 1873, p. 105).] - 
