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Exceedingly rare, Mr. Ross, of the Lallamukh Tea Estate, has flushed and 

 shot them several times in shady corners of the tea. He also shot an ther I 

 believe at Jringraara, in the Bheel, which specimen is now in Mr. Primrose's 

 collection. 



Genus GalUnago (Leach., 1816.) 

 259 Hume Cat. No. S71 : Blanf. No. 1484. Uallinago ccelestis (Frenzl.). — 



The Common Snipe. 

 N tivfi name— Very common. In North Cachar, near Dooloo, a wisp of snipe was annihi- 

 Kha-a-Kiuhi. j^^^^ ^^ ^ hailstorm. It was rumoured that as much as two mnunds of dead 

 birds were collected next morning by the coolies' andbustie-wallahs and sold 

 in the neighbi'uring bazaars. An account of this Avas given in " The English- 

 man " at the time of the occurrence. 

 200 Hum", Cat. No. 870 ; Blanf. No 1485. Gallinago stendra (Kuhl.),— The 



Pintail Snipe. 



In March and April good shooting can be had with comfort on grass lands. 

 Mr. Laing, of Rupacherra, told me that he had several times seen young 

 snipe, so I da'e say some breed here. 



261 Hu,ne, Cat. No. 872 j Blanf. No. 1487, CtALLINAGO galunula (Linn.).— 

 The Jack Snipe. 



My friend Mr. Ross told me that he had once shot a jack snipe at 

 Lallamukh, 



Genus Rostratula (Vicill., 1816,) 



262 Hume, Cat. No. 873 ; Blanf. No. 1488, Rosteatula capensis (Linn.).— The 

 Paiiitfd Snipe, 



Very common. Both Mr, Baker and Mr, Hole have kindly given me eggs 

 of this species taken in Cachar, 



Order Gaviae. 



Family Laridoe. 



Sub-Family Larince. 



Genus Larus (Linn,, 176G,) 



263 Hume, Cat. No. 981; Bianf. No. 1490. Larus ridibundus (Linn.).— The 

 Laughing Gull. 



Mr. leaker, in Vol XII, No, 3, p. 501, of this J- urnal, mentions a gull of 

 this species procured by me in Hy'akandy. I never got a second one. 



Sub-Family Sternince. 

 Genus Hydrochlidon (Boie, 1822.) 



264 Hu»'e, Cat. No. 984 ; Bla7if. No. 1496. Hydrochelidon hverida (Pall.).— 

 The Whiskered Tern. 



Exceedingly common here. 



265 Hume, Cat. No. 984 bis.; Blanf. No. 1497. Hydrochelidon ledcoptera 

 (Mei>ner and Schinz.). — The White-winged Black Tern. 



I find I have identified a Tern as this species, but will re-examine the skin 

 to see whether it is correct or not. 



