. Indian sporting birds . ll other snipes by their pinkish buff ground are clouded with dull purple and spotted boldly with darkbrown, these spots tending to be elongated and to run in the Himalayas breeding begins in May. The Hindustani name. Ban Chaha, is the same as thatapplied to the wood-snipe, so that natives as well as Europeansseem to confuse these two very distinct birds. The Khasin nameis Simpoo, the Assamese Boner Kocha, and the Cachari Daodidapgophu : the Nepalese BJiarka simply means Snipe generally. Western Solitary Stvipe. Gallinago major. Double Snipe. Th
. Indian sporting birds . ll other snipes by their pinkish buff ground are clouded with dull purple and spotted boldly with darkbrown, these spots tending to be elongated and to run in the Himalayas breeding begins in May. The Hindustani name. Ban Chaha, is the same as thatapplied to the wood-snipe, so that natives as well as Europeansseem to confuse these two very distinct birds. The Khasin nameis Simpoo, the Assamese Boner Kocha, and the Cachari Daodidapgophu : the Nepalese BJiarka simply means Snipe generally. Western Solitary Stvipe. Gallinago major. Double Snipe. This fine snipe, called great snipe by naturalists at home,is as big as our two large mountain species, but easily dis-tinguishable from both by the outside tail-feathers being nearlyall white and of normal width, this ordinary structure of thetail-feathers being a point to be noticed in young specimens,in which they are barred ; four pairs of the feathers show thiswhite, or white ground. Only one specimen shot in India has.
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