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ordinary soft feathers, rather narrow and pointed. It is much smaller than the 
common snipe and pintail, the length being 84 inches ; wing, 4* inches ; tail, 2 
inches ; bill, 1* inch ; weight 2* o Z . Bill, born colour, black at the tip irides 
brown ; legs and toes, pale olive green. It is rather solitary in its habits lies 
very close, seldom utters a note, flies a short distance and drops suddenly aAd is 
considered the best eating of all the tribe. F " ’ auu 18 
THE PAINTED SNIPE. 
Rqstratina (jtipensis • Native names; 
Santhal; Baggarji, Beng.; Tibud, Panlowa, 
Habitat. The entire Indian Peninsula. 
Ohari, Nepal; A.one f Konchata, 
West Coast; Mailulan, Tam. 
i j j . "i 11 _ from the forehead to the back of the 
head, margined with a black band mottled with white and followed by another 
band of dark brown. Buff ring round the eye. Hind neck, ashy brown barred 
with black. Scapulars, ashy brown, blotched with black ; rump grev' barred 
with narrow black lines and slightly mottled with white. The tail feathers 
fourteen in number, are bluish, with narrow wavy black bars and broad buff 
bands. Primaries and outer secondaries, bluish grey, marbled with black and 
