126. THE WOOD-COCK. 



Scolopax rusticula (Linn^.us). 



Bill straight ; the terminal half pitted. 

 Primaries notched with rufous on the 



margins of both webs. 

 With cross-bars on the hinder part of 



the crown. 

 Tail-feathers soft and broad, black, with 



the tips, on the under side, silvery 



white. 



Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Names : — Sim-titar, Tu- 

 tatar, Hind. ; Chznjarol, Chamba ; 

 Sham-titar , Sham-kukra, Kumaon ; 

 Kangtrttk, Manipur ; Wilati-chaha, 

 Chittagong. 



The Wood-Cock is a summer resident on 

 the Himalayas, at or above 10,000 feet 

 elevation, from Kashmir to Assam. In 

 winter this bird descends to the lower 

 valleys of the Himalayas, and spreads 

 itself over the entire Empire and Ceylon. 

 It probably, however, does not reach the 

 Andamans and Nicobars. With this excep- 

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