Descriptive List of the Common Birds 
feeding together knee-deep in water, you may 
safely put them down as stints.” 
A winter visitor to India; common on the 
coasts. 
The Snipes 
These being game birds are not dealt with 
in this volume. It must suffice that all four 
species—The Common, Full, or Fantail Snipe 
(Gallinago celestis), The Pintail (G. stenura), 
The Little Jack-Snipe (G. gallinula), and The 
Painted Snipe (Rostratula capensis), who is not 
a true snipe, all lie up closely in marshy ground 
or paddy fields in the daytime, and are not 
likely to be seen by the naturalist unless he is 
prepared to wade and flush them. 
When flushed the first three go off at a 
great pace, either uttering no call or a short, 
sharp “ psip.” The flight of the last species is 
comparatively feeble. (Illus. I. G. HI., pp. 
339, 359, etc.) 
The Gulls, 196-199 
Gulls are very familiar birds to every one 
who has performed the journey from England 
to India. The beautiful flight and the loud 
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