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the Boganida and Kolyma, but avoids the extreme north. In winter it passes 

 through Europe to winter in the Mediterranean basin and Northern Africa, while 

 in Asia its winter quarters lie in Palestine, Persia, Afghanistan, India, Ceylon, and 

 it rarely reaches Burma, China, and Japan, [r. c. E. J.] 



3. Migration. A winter visitor. The jack-snipe is rarely reported before 

 September, and the chief influx takes place in October, after which the species 

 is widespread till April. It is said to be less frequently obtained at the light- 

 stations than the common-snipe (cf. Saunders, III. Man. Brit. Birds, 2nd ed., 1899, 

 p. 575). [A. L. T.] 



4. Nest and Eggs. Does not breed in the British Isles, though assertions 

 have been made to this effect from time to time ; but see p. 312. [F. c. B. j.] 



5. Food. In the stomachs of four individuals examined, Mr. Newstead 

 (Food of some British Birds, p. 82) found fragments of beetles, fragments of 

 shells (Tellina balthica, Helix), vegetable matter, some of which was identified 

 as grass, [w. p. P.] 



