SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA 



SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA. 

 THE WOODCOCK. 



Scolopax rusticola, Linn. S. N. i, p. 243 (1766) ; Bhjth, Cat. p. 271 ; 

 Jcrdon, B. I. iii, p. 670 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, Part 2, p. 70 ; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 391 ; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xliii, Part 2, p. 253 ; 

 Hmne, S. F. ii, p. 482; Anderson, ibid, iii, p. 356; G. Austin, 

 J. A. S. B. xlv, Part 2, p. 200; Fairbank, S. F. v, p. 409; Butler, 

 ibid. p. 504; Hume d; Davison, ibid, vi, p. 458; Ball, ibid, vii, 

 p. 228 ; Laird, ibid. p. 470 ; Hume, ibid. p. 483 ; Id. Cat., No. 867 ; 

 Bingham, S. F. viii, p. 196 ; Sculbj, ibid. p. 353 ; Hume t.t Marsh., 

 Game-B. iii, p. 309 ; Williamson, S. F. x, p. 517 ; Barnes, B. of Bom., 

 p. 343 ; Seebohm, Charadriida?, p. 502 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 318 ; 

 Neicnham, J. B. N. H. S. vol. iv, p. 52 ; Osmaston, ibid. vol. xi, p. 473 ; 

 Davidson, ibid. vol. xii, p. 66 ; Stuart Baker, ibid. p. £00 ; Evans, 

 Ibis, 1891, p. 80; Meadc-Waldo, ibid. 1893, p. 204; Schufeldt, ibid. 

 p. 653 ; Davidson, ibid. 1898, p. 39 ; Stuart Baker, J. B. N. H. S. 

 XX. p. 4 (1910), Finn, Ind. Waders, p. 138 ; Stevens, J. B. N. H. S. 

 xxiii, p. 728. 



Scolopax rusticula, Wliarton, Ibis, 1879, p. 453 ; Id. S. F. viii, p. 500 ; 

 Legge, B. of Ceij. p. 806 ; Butler, S. F. ix, p. 428 ; Biddulph, Ibis, 

 1881, p. 95; Scully, ibid. p. 583; Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 424; 

 Davison, S. F. x, p. 413 ; Gates, Birds of B. B. ii, p. 380 ; St. John, 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 170 ; Hume, Nests d- Eggs, 2ncl Edit, iii, p. 349 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv, p. 671 ; Blanford, Avifauna B. I., iv, 

 p. 283 ; Dresser, Pal. Birds, p. 720 ; Gates, Cat. Eggs of B. M. vol. ii, 

 p. 66 ; Sharpe, Hand-L. vol. i, p. 166 ; Gates, Game-B. ii, p. 428 ; 

 Inglis, J. B. N. H. S. xii, p. 500 ; Bourdillon, ibid. vol. xvi. p. 10 ; 

 Fulton, ibid. p. 63 ; Eattray, ibid. p. 663 ; Ogilvie- Grant, Bull. 

 B. G. C. clvi (1st Jan. 1910) ; Harington, Rangoon Gazette, 

 196.11, Lambton, J. B. N. H. S. xx, p. 855; Whitehead, ibid. 

 p. 974 ; H. B. Baker, ibid. p. 1154 (1913) ; Arbuthnot, ibid, xxiii, 

 p. 777 (1915). 



Woodcock, Douglas, P.Z.S. p. 159 (1917). 



Vernacular Names. Simtitar, Tutitar, Hin. ; Sim Kukra, Kumaun and 

 Nepal; Chinjarole, Chamba ; Daodidap gadeba, Cachari; Simpoo- 

 khlaiv, Khasia ; Kangtruk, Manipur ; Wilati Chaha, Chittagong ; 

 Bumpal or Dhdbhd, Chitral ; Gherak, Drosh ; Chustruck, Gilgit. 



Description. — Forehead and sinciput grey, generally with a dark 

 inark on the forehead. Occiput and nape with three broad trans?- 



