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to the extreme south, and also in Ceylon. 

 It has not yet been obtained in the 

 Andamans and Nicobars, and probably 

 does not occur in those islands. To the 

 east, it ranges from Assam down to Pegu 

 and to the latitude of Moulmein, but I 

 cannot discover that it has ever been shot 

 in the Shan States. 



The Jack-Snipe is a winter visitor to 

 the Indian Empire, arriving in some parts 

 as early as the end of August, and it does 

 not leave certain suitable localities till 

 April. 



This Snipe, in summer, is found in 

 Northern Europe and Asia up to, and 

 within, the Arctic circle, from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific Oceans. In winter, it 

 migrates to the British Isles, Central and 

 Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Pales- 

 tine, Persia, India, Burma, and China. 



Jack-Snipes are irregularly distributed 

 over the Empire, and nowhere do they 

 occur in such large numbers as the Com- 

 mon and Pin-tail Snipes, except very late 

 in the season, when, as recorded by 

 Messrs. Hume and Marshall, they some- 

 times out-number the other Snipes in 

 Upper India. 



The Jack-Snipe in winter is, on the 

 whole, a solitary creature, and it is seldom 



