The Painted Snipes 



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or our Golden Plover (Charadrius pluvialis), never gets such 

 perfectly black breasts in the breeding- season as do the 

 male birds, and the hens of the Godwits (Limosa) never 

 have the red breasts so intense as in their mates. Never- 



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Female of the Painted Snipe {Rostratula capensis). 



theless there are certain members of the Family Charadriidce 

 (Plovers and Snipes) in which the female is more brightly 

 plumaged than the male. This is especially noticeable in 

 the Painted Snipes of the genus Rostratula. These birds 

 are found in Africa, India, Australia, and even in South 



