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of the Gulf of Cutch to the western part 

 of Garhwal, in the Himalayas, represents 

 the limit of the distribution of this Snipe. 

 West of this line it is absent or extremely 

 uncommon ; east of this line it is more 

 or less common and met with in varying 

 quantities. In the peninsula of India 

 this Snipe is 'less abundant as a rule 

 than the Common Snipe ; in the 

 eastern part of the Empire the reverse 

 is the case. As remarked in the account 

 of the Common Snipe, the Pin-tail is 

 found at Kengtung in the Shan States, 

 where probably Swinhoe's Snipe will also 

 be found. 



The Pin-tail is found in summer over 

 the eastern part of Asia up to the Arctic 

 Circle, and from the Yenesei river to 

 the Pacific Ocean. In winter it visits 

 India, Burma, China and the islands of 

 the Malay Archipelago. 



The Pin-tail arrives in India and Burma 

 about the middle of August, and by the 

 end of that month it is quite common. 

 In November the numbers of this Snipe 

 are reduced (I am speaking of Lower 

 Burma),, probably by the migration of 

 some of the birds farther south. In 

 January, owing to the drying up of 

 the land, no large numbers of this Snipe 



