. The game-birds of India, Burma and Ceylon . S. XXV, p. 306 (1917). Gallinago sthenura, Le Mess. S. F. iii, p. 380; Hume £ Dav. ibid, vip. 459; Hume, ibid, vii, p. 39; Dav. £ Wen. ibid. p. 88; Ball, ibidp. 228 ; Cnpiis, ibid. p. 301; Hume, ibid, vii, p. 69 ; id. ibid. p. 112Bingham; ibid. p. 196; Scully, ibid. p. 354; Butler, Cat. B. of 61 ; id. Cat. B. S. Bom. Pres. p. 75; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 83Bingham, ibid. p. 196 ; Itrid, ibid, x, p. 68 ; David, ibid. p. 320Davis, ibid. p. 413 ; Murray, Vert. Faun. Scind, p. 239; HumeS. F. xi, p. 319 ; Bloech, J. B. N. H. xxiii, p. 777 ; Stoney, ibid
. The game-birds of India, Burma and Ceylon . S. XXV, p. 306 (1917). Gallinago sthenura, Le Mess. S. F. iii, p. 380; Hume £ Dav. ibid, vip. 459; Hume, ibid, vii, p. 39; Dav. £ Wen. ibid. p. 88; Ball, ibidp. 228 ; Cnpiis, ibid. p. 301; Hume, ibid, vii, p. 69 ; id. ibid. p. 112Bingham; ibid. p. 196; Scully, ibid. p. 354; Butler, Cat. B. of 61 ; id. Cat. B. S. Bom. Pres. p. 75; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 83Bingham, ibid. p. 196 ; Itrid, ibid, x, p. 68 ; David, ibid. p. 320Davis, ibid. p. 413 ; Murray, Vert. Faun. Scind, p. 239; HumeS. F. xi, p. 319 ; Bloech, J. B. N. H. xxiii, p. 777 ; Stoney, ibidp. 778. Pintail Snipe, W. Gayc, J. B. N. II. S. vi, p. 418; St. J. Eichardson, ibid. p. Names.—Few natives appear to recognise tlie difference lietween tlie Pintail and Fantail Snipes, and the vernacular names given to tlie latter apply equally to both. Pazembon Kya or Ja {, Kachin Hills). Description. Adult Male.—The Pintail Snipe differs from theFantail in coloration in having the whole of the axillaries and CO. UJQZ if ic S. UJZ w 2!CQ M • < H s o l 63 H 2 a Mm fefi^ GALLINAGO STENURA 87 under wing-coverts regularly barred throughout with black, orbrown, and white, the former colour being predominant. Theaverage bird is also duller and darker in its coloration, this moreso on the lower than the upper parts. The bill is proportionatelyshorter and stouter, and the tail consists, normally, of 26 or 28feathers, the external S or 9 on each side being very stiff andnarrow, the outermost only about 1 inch in width. The outer web of the first primary is, in all text-books, said tobe brown, but this is not quite correct, as in a large series one findsmany specimens with very pale outer webs, though these may neverbe quite white. Colours of Soft Parts.— The legs and feet are greenish or greenishleaden, but, especially late in the spring, these parts exhibit, in somebirds, a distinct olive-yellow tinge; the irides are deep bro
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