1^70 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATLJiAL HLST. SOVIET T, Vol. XXI. 



During a three years' sojourn in Siam between the years 1901-04 I kept 

 a fairly accurate account of my bags, which I herewith append. I fear I 

 did not in every case distinguish between Fantail and Pintail, but certainly 

 on siifhcient occasions to show that the Fantail is by no means a rare bird 

 in Siam. 



Here is the record taken from my game book : — 



Locality. 



Siam. 



The birds shot in December 1901 Avere obtained on my way up the 

 Menam to Petronuloke where I was stationed for nine months, and do not 

 represent any organized snij)e shooting. 



In and around Bangkok, especially at Bangsue, two or three stations up 

 the line, the shooting is extremelj'^ good, and not exhausting work, the 

 ground being chiefly j)addy fields either cultivated or waste with only six 

 inches of water or even less, so that one is seldom more than ankle- 

 deep in mud and water. Snipe shooting in Bangkok commences about 

 the second week of September when the Pintail begins to arrive, the Fantail 

 not putting in an appearance until a month later. I note this agrees 

 fairly well with the dates given on the two charts A and B included ixi the 

 accounts of the two birds. 



D. O. WITT, I.F.8. 



Saugob, 11 th May 1911. 



May I ask you to let me know to what species of snipe the enclosed wing 

 and tail belong. They seem to me to be those of the Fantail snipe, but 



