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MR. P. H. BAHR ON THE 



[Jan. 15, 



and Meves, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 200). I have observed it on 

 several occasions myself. In the summer of 1 902 I found four 

 newly hatched Snipe in a patch inhabited by only a single pair ; 

 while lying concealed in the neighbourhood I observed repeatedly 

 both old birds drumming above me. From the similarity of 



Text-fig. 5. 



a. Dorsal view of musculature of tail of Snipe. 



C=levator coccygis. 



D=pygostyle. 



E= fused spines of caudal vertebrae. 



A = slip of m. ilio-coccygeus to outer 



rectrix. 

 B=m. ilio-coccygeus. 



h. Ventral view of musculature of tail of Snipe. 



A=m. pubococcygeus ext. 

 B=m. pubococcygeus. 

 C=m. caud. ilio-femoralis. 



D= depressor coccygis. 



E=pygostyle. 



structure of the tail-feathers in both sexes, a fact which I have 

 ascertained by dissection, one would infer that both sexes 

 drummed. I cannot, however, agree with Meves that " as the 

 feathers of the hen are generally less than those of the cock bird, 

 the noise also made by them is not so deep as in the other case " 



