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darker pink and reddisli-brown. They were no doubt the produce of 

 one pair of birds as they were obtained in the same field. I once 

 obtained two similarly coloured eggs at Sirsi. 



OEdicnemus scolopax, S. G. Gm. (Hume's Cat., No. 859.) 

 This bird is found along the coast, but is rare there. In the east of 

 the district, especially about Halyal, it is more common. I once obtain- 

 ed a nest with two eggs. It was at Halyal on the 28th April, 1895. 

 Scolopax kusticola, Linn. (Hume's Cat., No. 867.) 

 I have only once seen a woodcock in Kanara. This was on the 11th 

 March, 1896, while beating for big game at Kumbharwada in tSupa. 

 I have heard of some four or five others being seen. It is however a 

 very rare visitor. 



Gallinula sthenura, Kahl. (flume's Cat., No. 870.) 

 Gallinula c(elestis, Cuv. (Hmne's Cat., No. 871.) 

 Kanara is not a good district for snipe. On the coast they come 

 iu about the third week of October ; there are a few places from the 

 north of Karwar to Bhutkul where moderate bags can be made till 

 the middle of February. From ten to fifteen brace is considered a 

 very good bag. 



Above Ghats they are on the whole scarcer, but a few may be got in 

 almost any of the late rice crops, the best time there for them 

 being from the middle of January to the first week of April. Pintails 

 are commoner on the coast and about Sirsi than fantails, and I find 

 107 pintails recorded against 22 fantails. About Halyal, however, In 

 February, 1896, I shot 25 fantails and only one pintail. The latest 

 date I have seen snipe in Kanara is the 25th April. 



GALLiNAf^o gallinula, Linn. (Hume's Cat., No. 872.) 

 Jack snipe are much scarcer than either of the preceding. A few 

 are however found both on the coast antl above Ghats. 



Rhynch^a capensis. (Hume's Cat., No. 873.) 

 The painted snipe is not common. I have, however, shot a few both 

 above and below the Ghats from November to February. I have 

 never however found them breeding in Kanara. 



Terekia GiNBREA, Guld. (Hume's Cat., No. 876.) 

 I have only once juot with this bird. It was on the 10th Uecora- 

 bor, 1^95, and 1 shot one out of a small flock at Honawar. They were 

 on a sand bank in the Gairsoppa river. 



