128. THE SOLITARY SNIPE. 



Gallinago solitaria (HODGSON), 



Primaries plain. 



Tip of the first secondary quill reaching 



closely to the tips of the primary 



coverts. 

 Outer web of the first three primaries, 



and the tips of all the primaries, 



distinctly margined with white. 

 Outer tail-feathers narrow and stiff. 



Sexes alike. 

 VERNACULAR NAMES : None known. 



THE Solitary Snipe inhabits the Himalayas 

 from Kashmir to Assam, being found in 

 summer at elevations ranging from 9000 

 to about 15,000 feet. In the winter it 

 descends to the valleys, below 6000 feet, 

 and to the plains in the immediate vicinity 

 of these. At this season it has been 

 observed also on the Garo and Khasi hills 

 and at the head of the Assam valley, and 

 a specimen was met with near Benares 

 by Mr. A. Guthrie in September. 



Mr. F. W. F. Fletcher, of the Rockwood 

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