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margins of both webs. There are cross bars on the hinder part of the crown. 
Tail feathers, soft, broad and black, with the tips on the underside silvery white- 
The sexes are alike It is generally found singly or in pairs, although they may 
be met with in good numbers not far from each other. In India this bird is 
tame and confiding and affords tolerably easy shots. It is a night feeder, prefers 
running water and oak woods. The little pointed feather of the woodcock’s 
wing, much prized of painters, is the outermost primary covert. Length, 
about 14 inches ; wing, inches ; tail, 3 inches ; bill from gape, up to 3’3 
inches. Bill, dark brown ; irides, brown ; legs and feet, slaty grey ; weight, not 
exceeding 12 oz. Tail of twelve ordinary feathers. 
THE WOOD SNIPE. 
Gallinago nemoricola. Native name : Bunchaha, Nepal. 
Habitat .—Commoner in the eastern portions of the Empire than elsewhere. 
Description .—Sexes alike. Forehead and crown, deep black, with a pale 
buff, longitudinal streak down the middle of the crown. A whitish band over 
the eye ; a black band from the eye to the bill; chin, white ; throat, sides of 
the head, whitish with blackish spots and streaks; neck, buff, blotched with black. 
