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187. Toranus GuaReota (L.). 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 507. 
Common in March in wet fields. 
188. Scotorax RusticuLA L. 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 504. 
Woodecocks are common during the winter in suitable 
localities both on the hills and on the plain. As remarked 
by Styan, they are seen very late in the spring and it may 
be that some remain to breed: I saw one on the hills on 
April 26, and the collectors put up three in the same range 
on May 15 and 16. 
189. GaLLInaco soniTarta (Hodgs.). 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 504. 
I procured three examples at Chinkiang. One, which had 
been shot somewhere up the Grand Canal, was sent to me in 
December, 1900, by Mr. E. Starkey, of Chinkiang; on 
January 9, 1901, I found a second specimen among a heap 
of wild Doves in a shop on the Concession ; the third was 
shot by Mr. L. Rocher, then Commissioner of Customs at 
Chinkiang, on November 9, 1904, on the hills near Icheng. 
This species is probably less rare than is usually thought, 
and is often taken for a “ young Woodcock.” 
190. GALLINAGO MEGALA Swinhoe. 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 505. 
191. GaLLiInaGo sTENURA (Bp.). 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 504. 
Chinkiang is not a good locality, as a rule, for Swinhoe’s 
or the Pin-tailed Snipe, as the ground is generally either 
too dry or too wet. The Pintail Snipe seems to be more 
abundant than G. megal/a and appears earlier on the autumn 
migration, which begins about the first days of August, 
while I have shot G. megala as late as October 8. In spring 
both species are most abundant in May. 
192. GaLLinaco ca zestis Frenzel. 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 505. 
Abundant on suitable ground from the end of September 
to May. 
