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Islands, the remainder being natives of Siberia, 

 China, India, Ceylon, the Malay Archipelago, 

 Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Madagascar, 

 North and South America. 



The so-called Common or Full Snipe (Fig. i), so 

 much sought for by English sportsmen, has a wide 

 geographical range. It is found throughout Europe 



TAIL FEATHERS OP THE COMMON SNIPE. 



(including Iceland and the Faroes) and Northern 

 Asia up to about lat. 70°, and migrates southward 

 in winter to North Africa, India, and the Malay 

 countries. In India, China, and the Malay Archi- 

 pelago its place is more or less usurped by two 

 species of so-called Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura 

 and G. megala), characterised by possessing 

 respectively twenty-six and twenty tail feathers 

 (instead of fourteen), and having the outside ones 



