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May and again in September. It is not at all uncommon 
during the latter month. 
Woodcock were not rare on passage at Newchwang during 
September in the ’eighties of last century. 
244. Gallinago solitaria (Hodgs.). 
Gallinago solitaria D. & O. p. 476, pi. 122. 
I have a handsome example of the Himalayan Solitary 
Snipe bought in the Chinwangtao market on the 20th of 
December, 1914. It was in perfect condition and must have 
been shot only a few days previously. It is evidently a 
winter resident in the mountains of Chihli, as on the 
Yangtse. 
245. Gallinago megala Swinhoe. 
Gallinago megala D. & O. p. 477; La T. p. 582. 
Swinhoe’s Snipe passes in May and during the last ten 
days of August. It is much less common about Chinwangtao 
than the Pintail and Common Snipe. 
246. Gallinago stenura Ilorsf. 
Gallinago stenura D. & 0. p. 478 ; La T. p. 582. 
The Pin-tailed Snipe passes in May and again throughout 
August and during the first few days of September. It is 
more or less abundant, according to the state of the ground. 
247. Gallinago ccelestis Frenz. 
Gallinago scolopacina D. & 0. p. 478. 
Gallinago ccelestis La T. p. 581. 
The Common Snipe arrives towards the end of March or 
early in April r according to the season, and remains during 
the first half of May. I shot a belated bird on the 16th of 
June, 1913. It begins to pass again during the last half of 
August, and in suitable spots remains throughout September. 
Laggards may be found in October and even in November. 
I put up one from a stream in the uplands north of the port 
on the 26th of November, 1911. The temperature that day 
was so cold that the water we had with us for drinking- 
purposes froze solid in the bottle. 
