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348 LIMOSINJE, 



lores, sides of face, and whole neck, deep ferruginous chesnut, 

 gradually changing on the breast into dark olive, almost black 

 beneath ; this is bordered on the sides (as in the male) by a pure 

 white line passing up to the scapular region ; lower part white, 

 a dark band on the flanks bordering the white ascending line 

 posteriorly. 



The Painted Snipe is a fairly common permanent resident in 

 suitable localities throughout the region, but they necessarily 

 vary their quarters a good deal, as the tanks and jheels dry up or 

 otherwise. They appear to breed at various periods throughout 

 the year, but the majority lay during the middle of the rains. The 

 nest is a more or less compact pad of sedge or grass, usually 

 sheltered by a tussock of grass, but occasionally it is quite exposed. 

 The eggs, four in number, are moderately broad ovals, pointed or 

 pinched in at one end. They are hard in texture, faintly glossy. 

 The ground color is a pale buff or warm cafe-au-lait color, 

 thickly and boldly blotched and streaked with rich brown almost 

 black. 



They measure 1'4 inches in length by about 1 in breadth. 



SUB-FAMILY, Limosinae. 



Bill much lengthened, soft at the tip, straight or slightly 

 turned upwards ; mostly of somewhat large size ; a distinct web 

 between the outer toes. 



GENUS, Limosa, Brisson. 



Bill very long, slender, soft, straight or slightly sub-recurved at 

 the tip, cylindrical at the base, obtuse at the point ; nostrils 

 basal ; wings moderately long, the first quill longest ; tail short, 

 even ; tibia bare for a considerable extent ; tarsus long, slender, 

 scutellate in front ; feet with the middle-toe very long ; a web 

 between the outer and middle-toes ; hind-toe short ; nail of 

 middle-toe dilated internally, with a cutting or finely toothed 

 edge. 



Limosa segocephala, Lin. 



875. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 681 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 16 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of 



Sind, p. 243; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, 



p. 133. 



THE BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



<$. Length, 16'0 to 181; expanse, 25'0 to 29'8 ; wing, 7'5 to 

 8-81; tail, 312 to 3'5; tarsus, 2'85 to 3'35 ; bill, 3'65 to 4'5 ; 

 weight, 7 to 12 oz. 



o . Length, 18'3 to 20'2 ; expanse, 28'0 to 31'3 ; wing, 8'4 to 

 9-25 ; tail, 3'25 to 3'94 ; tarsus, 3'3 to 37 ; bill, 4'5 to 51 ; 

 weight, 9 to 15 oz. 



Bill livid-fleshy, gradually passing to blackish-brown at tip ; 

 irides dark-brown ; legs and feet blackish-green to dull greyish- 

 brown. 



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