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Mr. Oates remarks that this species is " not very common 

 within our limits ; when found, it is generally on sand-banks and 

 in sandy nullahs. It has a curious habit of stretching out its head 

 and hissing when it apprehends danger. A male measured : 

 Length, 12'2; expanse, 24r5 ; tail, from vent, 3*5; wing, 7"9; 

 bill, from gape, 1*4; tarsus, 25. 



" Bill, black ; legs, plumbeous brown." 



858. — Esacus recurvirostris, Cm. 



Captain Feilden mentions having procured this on the Irra- 

 waddy in the neighbourhood of Thayetmyo. 



859.— (Edicnemus crepitans, Tem. (E.mdicus,Salv. 



Captain Feilden sent a single specimen procured in the 

 neighbourhood of Thayetmyo. It is quite identical with the 

 Northern Indian bird, and belongs to the somewhat smaller race 

 which some ornithologists separate as (E. indictis, Salvad. 



870.— G-allinago Horsfieldii, Gray. 



Mr. Oates says : " This is the Common Snipe of the country. 

 Thayetmyo is not a good place for them, owing to the want of 

 paddy land and swampy ground ; but at Tonghoo everything is 

 favorable, and very large bags are made. I have shot it on the 

 1st September, and it stays till the 1st March. A female 

 measured: Length, 10 - 3; expanse, 17'5; tail, from vent, 2; 

 wing, 5-1; bill, from gape, 2*45; tarsus, 1'35." 



871.— Gallinago scolopacina, Bonap. 



Mr. Oates remarks that " the Common Snipe is comparatively 

 rare; the Snipe of Burmah is the Pin-tail. Scolopacina does not 

 appear till the cold-weather is well in, say in December, and then 

 but few will be found in a large bag of Snipe. It stays till late. 

 I have shot them in March." 



872.— Gallinago gallinnla, Lin. 



Mr. Oates remarks that "a single specimen is occasionally 

 killed, but it is very far from common." 



877. — Numenms arquatus. Lin. N". lineatus, Cuv. 

 878. — Numenius phaeopus, Lin. 



Captain Feilden states that he procured both these species at 

 Thayetmyo. 



884 bis.— Tringa damacensis, Eorsf. 



This is the first specimen of this species that I have seen from 

 India, conspicuous at once by its mid-toe and claw, a full inch in 



