PAINTED SNIPE 



to the construction of the trachea or windpipe, which in the 

 female is convoluted and modified, while in the male it 

 is straight and simple. 



Layard found this bird breeding in marshy ground close 

 to Cape Town, and describes the eggs as being like those 

 of the Ethiopian Snipe, but with yellower ground and with 

 more defined, darker markings, aU of one shade. 



Anderson found it breeding near Ondonga, in Damara- 

 land ; he states that it makes no nest, but that the eggs are 

 laid near water. Gates gives the measurements as 1.5 to 

 1.29 X 1.05 to 0.89 in. 



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