observed in Oudh and Kumaon. 241 



147. Tringa minuta. (Little Stint.) ^ 



I during 1 



, ,o m /m Very common m flocks 



148. Tringa TEMMiNCKii. (Tern- r, . , ,, 

 . -, , ^ . . I dunnp; the cold season. 



149. Philomachus pugnax. (Ruff.) 



Found in immense flocks in the cold season; I have seen 

 some flocks of certainly not less than from three to four hundred 

 on the rice-stubbles near Khyreegur ; those which I shot were 

 full of rice, and were well worth shooting for the table. I never 

 saw one with a ruff; but Mr. Blyth has kept them alive in Cal- 

 cutta till the ruff appeared. 



150. ScoLOPAx RusTicoLA. (Woodcock.) 



Common in Kumaon, resorting to the lower hills and valleys in 

 the cold season. In May, I have seen a Woodcock and ]\Ional on 

 the wing at the same time, and suppose that they breed on the high 

 ranges of the Himalayas. In December, I imagine that I flushed 

 a Woodcock near Khyreegur, in Oudh ; but not being able to 

 get a shot at him, or even mark him down, I cannot be certain 

 that it was one. 



151. Gallinago nemoricola. 



I saw several couples of this fine Snipe at Moonsheyaree, in 

 Kumaon, at an elevation of about 6000 or 7000 feet, in May 1859. 

 The shikarees had no distinctive name for the bird, though they 

 knew it well by sight. Those I found were in little rushy patches 

 of bog on the sides of the hills, never on streams. 



152. Gallinago stenura. (Pin-tailed Snipe.) 

 Common at the commencement of the cold season. 



153. Gallinago scolopacina. (Common Snipe.) 



Found in great numbers ; arriving in Oudh in October, and 

 departing at the end of March. At Nimkar, on the Goomtee, on 

 the 8th of November, I bagged thirty couples of Snipe in four 

 hours, about five couples of which were Jacksnipes. Is called 

 " Chahah " by the natives of Oudh. 



154. Gallinago gallinula. (Jacksnipe.) 



Found in the cold season wherever the Common Snipe is 

 found, but not in such numbers. 



