THE PAINTED SNlPe. 
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Rhynchea capensis, Linné. 
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Vernacular Names.—[Ohari, edal; Kone, Konebatta (Kole), Stzgbhoom ; 
Tibud, Pan-lawa, (Mahrati), Ratnagiré ; Mail-ulan, (Tamil) Madras ; Baggerjee, 
L. Bengal ; ] 
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HAVE no record of the occurrence of this species 
in Kullu, Kashmir or any part of the Himalayas 
west of the Satlej, or again in the Peshawar Valley, 
or the extreme north-west portions of the Punjab. 
It is found throughout the rest of the Empire, 
including Ceylon, but excluding the Andamans and 
Nicobars. But tothe drier portions of the North-West 
Provinces and Oudh, the Punjab, Rajputana and many parts 
of the Central India Agency and portions of the Central Pro- 
vinces, it is practically only a rainy season visitant ; and, while 
it is by no means common in Pegu,* it is so rare in Tenasserim 
Proper, that, although we know that it has been shot near 
Moulmein, and have received a specimen thence, we have never, 
in all the years during which we collected in that province, our- 
selves met with a single specimen. 
In the Malay Peninsula it is equally rare; indeed the only 
specimen we certainly know to have been obtained there was 
one shot at Perak, by Lt. Kelham, of the 72nd Highlanders. 
It occurs in Upper or Independent Burma, but is apparently 
rare there, and Anderson obtained a single specimen at Momien. 
It is said to have occurred in Siam, and probably does, but 
I have seen no specimen thence, nor do I know the authority 
on which Tickell asserts its occurrence there. 
It has been recorded from Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and many 
islands of the Philippine group, and occurs as a summer visitant 
in Formosa, and throughout the eastern half, at any rate, of 
China, as far north as Pekin. Prjevalski found it in South-East 
* “The Painted Snipe is a constant resident in all Pegu. It is nowhere common, 
and four birds is the largest number I have seen together.” —LZugene W. Oates. 
+ It appears to be rare in some others of the Eastern Districts also. Thus, writing 
from North-East Cachar, Mr. John Inglis says :— 
‘““The Painted Snipe is rarely obtained here. Out of some 500 Snipe which I 
shot Jast autumn, I only obtained two female painted ones.” 
But in the valley of Assam, especially the eastern end, Colonel Graham writes to 
me that it is common, 
