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ibid, p. 186; Fairbank, ibid, p. 439; Hume and Dav., ibid, vi 

 p. 459 ; David and Wen., ibid, vii, p. 88 ; Ball, ibid, p. 228 ; Legge 

 B. of Cey., p. 821 ; Murray, Vert. Fauna Sind, p. 240. 



Gallinago gallinago. — Sharpe, Cat., xxiv, p. 633 ; id, Hand-List, 

 B., i, p. 165 ; Oates, Game B. Ind., ii, p. 455 ; id, Cat. Eggs B. M., 

 ii, p. 61. 



Gallinago gallinaria. — Cripps, Str. F., vii, p. 302 ; Hume, ibid, 

 viii, p. 70; Bingham, ibid, p. 196; Scully, ibid, p. 255; Butler, 

 Cat. B. of Sind, p. 61 ; id, Cat. B. S. Bom. Pres., p. 76 ; Vidal, 

 Str. F., ix, p. 84; Bingham, ibid, p. 196; Reid, ibid, x, p. 86; 

 Barnes, B. of Bom., p. 345. 



Gallinago ccelestis. — Hume and Mar., Game Birds, iii, p. 359 ; 

 Butler, Str. F., ix, p. 428 ; Barnes, ibid, p. 459 ; Davidson, ibid, 

 x, p. 320; Hume, ibid, p. 413; Oates, B. of B. B., ii, p. 381; 

 Hume, Str. F., x, p. 413; id, ibid, xi, p. 321; Blanford, Fauna, 

 B. I., iv, p. 286; Finn. Indian Waders, p. 144 ; Bahr, P. Z. S., 

 p. 12; Butler, B. N. H. S. Journal, xii, p. 427; Stuart Baker, 

 ibid, p. 501 ; Wilson, ibid, p. 641 ; Rattray, ibid, xvi, p. 695. 



The Snipe.— The "Times" 26th December 1908, 27th August 

 1909. 



Vernacular Names.— Ohaha or Chaha chiriya (Hin.) ; Chegga, 

 Khada-Kocha (Bengali) ; Kocha Sorai, Chaha-Sorai, Ghergya (Assa- 

 mese) ; Bharah (Nepal) ; Ghek-lonbi (Manipur) ; Myay-iooot 

 (Burm.) ; GhaJia-charai (Ooriya) ; Tibud, Pan-lawa (Mahr.) ; 

 Mor-ulan (Tarn.) ; Mxiku-puredi (Tel.) ; Kaeswatuiva (Cingalese) ; 

 Daodi-dap (Cachari) ; Voh-ti-alin (Kuki) ; Ti-inrui (Naga). 



Description. — Adult male. — Crown to nape dark brown or blackish 

 brown, with a few specks of pale rufous ; a broad median stripe and 

 broad superciliaries reaching back to the neck pale rufous ; a line 

 from the bill through the eye and over the ear coverts dark brown ; 

 sides of the head rufous speckled with brown ; neck rufous blotched 

 with brown and with two fairly definite lines of brown on lower 

 throat and neck ; chin and upper throat plain unspotted rufous. 

 Back velvety black, the scapulars with broad, pale rufous edges, 

 which form a longitudinal line down each side of the back. Upper 

 back much speckled and barred with rufous, lower back barred with 

 pale rufous, upper tail coverts rufous barred with wavy lines of 



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