Jouen. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 



Plate A. 



Note comparative length and stoutness of bills 

 and snape at the tip. 



Note great difference in length and stoutness of 

 bills, also the pale tone of the Eastern Solitary 

 Snipe and the dark tone of the Wood Snipe. 



HEADS OP SNIPE FOR COMPARISON OP BILLS. 



1. Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura). 



2. Common or Fantail Snipe (Gallinago ccelestis) . 



3. Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola). 



4. Eastern Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria). 



