424. Major C. H. T. Marshall on the Birds of Chambu. 



855. LOBIVANELLUS GOENSIS. 



A pair of these birds (so common in the plains) breed every 

 April among the reeds bordering the little lake in a glade of 

 the Kajiar deodar forest, elevation 6900 feet. 



867. ScoLOPAX RusTicuLA. " Chinjarole." 



The Woodcock breeds in thickets at 10,000 and 11,000 

 feet elevation, and comes down to the Ravi valley when driven 

 by snow. It takes a heavy fall to bring in " Chinjarole," 

 and he stays as short a time as possible. There are certain 

 places about the town where Woodcock may be found for a 

 certainty after a snow-storm, one being among the planta- 

 tion trees in my vegetable garden. Last February we shot 

 sixty-six in and near Chamba. This winter, which has been 

 a mild one, a dozen have not been found. Though I offered 

 a reward for the eggs, I have not succeeded in getting any. 

 But the Woodcock has been frequently seen in the breeding- 

 season by sportsmen in the highlands of Chamba. 



868. Gallinago nemoricola. 



869. Gallinago solitahia. 



Both of these Snipes must breed on this side of the snowy 

 range, as they have been met with and shot in the breeding- 

 season in the interior at high elevations. They never come 

 to the Ravi valley, like the Woodcock does, though they 

 have been frequently shot during snow just below Dalhousie 

 at 5000 feet, the Solitary being the commoner of the two. 



871. Gallinago scolopacina. 



891. actitis glareola. 



893. actitis hypoleucos. 



894. totanus glottis, 



901. Hydrophasianus chirurgus. 



Two specimens of this Jacana have been shot in different 

 ■ years in the highlands of Pangi^ the other side of the snows, 

 in the summer time. 



903. FULICA ATRA. 



