JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Bombay Natural History Society. 



Oct. 1910. Vol. XX. No. 2. 



THE GAME BIRDS OF INDIA, 

 BURMA AND CEYLON. 



BY 



E. C. Stuart Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



Part II. 



(With Plates II & III.) 



(Continued from "page 32 of this Volume.) 



Family— CHAR ADRIIDvE . 



Genus GALLINAGO. 



The Genus Gallinago contains seven species of Snipe as found in 

 India in addition to the sub-species G. raddei. Of these seven 

 species one is the Jacksnipe, G. gallinula, which is by many 

 naturalists placed in a separate genus, LimnocrypAes. The differ- 

 ences, however, between this and the other Snipe consist mainly 

 in their internal structure, such as the sternum which has four 

 instead of two emarginations. These differences are not apparent 

 to the Field Naturalist or sportsman, and I therefore follow 

 Blanford and unite all our Indian Snipes in one genus. 



Since the fourth volume of the " Avifauna of British India " was 

 written we have added both Gallinago "major and Gallinago megakc 

 to our list of Indian birds so that these have now to be incorpo- 

 rated in the key to the species. 



The differences between the Common Fantail, G. coelestis typica, 

 and the Eastern Fantail, G. coelestis raddei, all depend upon 



comparison and are dealt with when these birds are described. 



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