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wild-fowl shooting. Ou the occasions referred to it gene- 

 rally rose from amongst the weeds, within four or five yards 

 of the jheel side. It surely could not have been G. solitaria, 

 though it was either this or G. nemoricola." 



I also once flushed a similar bird in a similar spot, but 

 missed it. 



-No. 1484. Gallinago ccelestis. Common Snipe. 



Chaha, Pukka Chaha [H.]. 



Very common throughout the cold weather, stragglers 

 arriving in September and departing at the end of April. 

 The best shooting is from the middle of November to the 

 end of February, when flocks of nearly a thousand have 

 been seen. 



No. 1485. Gallinago stenura. Pintail Snipe. 

 Reid only got one specimen, so it must be a rare visitor 

 to the district. 



No. 1487. Gallinago g.allinula. Jack Snipe. 



Chota Chaha [H.] . 



Very common throughout the cold weather. On one 

 occasion I saw a Jack Snipe being hawked by a pair of 

 Falcons {F.jugger), two Kites, a Tawny Eagle, and two 

 more Raptors, all of which the Snipe finally eluded. 



No. 1488. Rostratula capensis. Painted Snipe. 



Fairly common at times, and a more or less permanent 

 resident. I rather fancy it breeds at Mohanlalganj, as I 

 have flushed a pair now and then during the breeding- 

 season, though 1 have never found the nest. 



*No. 1489. Larus ichthyaetus. Great Blach-hetu/etl 

 Gull. 



There is one adult skin ( <? ) in the Lucknow Museum, 

 obtained locally. 



No. 1491. Larus brunneicephalus. Brown-headed Gull. 

 Dhomraf [H.]. 



Not very common. Reid says that it is more numerous on 

 thebig rivers than elsewhere. 



f Applied to Gulls generally. 



