To the Editor of the "NoerH-CiiNa Datty News.
Sin,—Having read an article today on "Autumn Snipe" in your correspondence column, I being a lover of nature, shall be pleased to yhten your correspondent J.D. regarding the English name of that particular kind of ni which he calls the "Golden Snipe".
This particular snipe is known to all sportsmen as the male "painted snipe" which is of a golden colour, while the female of this particular species is much larger and of a ruddy colour, It is not a very rare bird along the Yangtze, where snipes are plentiful T have known people bagging six or seven of them in one season, and they are to be seen or bagged by sportsmen every season.
I am, ete,
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