430 AVIFAUNA OF CHOTA NAGPUR. 



230.— Lobipluvia malabarica, Bodd. (856.) 



As compared with the preceding the Yellow-wattled Lap- 

 wing- is of rare occurrence. I think I have met with it however 

 in all parts of the Division which I have visited. 



The Spur-winged Lapwing, Hoplopterus ventralis, I have 

 never seen in Chota Nagpur. 



231.— CEdicnemus indicns, Sahadori. 2E crepi- 

 tans, Temm apud Jerdon. (859.) 



Captain Beavan says that S. bilobus is rare, and this bird not 

 uncommon in Manbhum. According to my experience this is 

 by far the rarer bird of the two. I have seen it in Manbhum, 

 Singhbhum and Sirguja, but the occasions upon which I have 

 met with it have been few and always in little frequented but 

 light jungle. 



GEUIDJ3. 



232.— Grus antigone, Lin. (863.) 



The Sarus Crane is rare in Manbhum according to Captain 

 Beavan. The parts of the Division in which I have observed 

 it to be most common are the open valleys of Sirguja. One 

 which I shot towards the evening had only a single stalk of 

 rice and a few pieces of green grass in its stomach, a singularly 

 small amount of food for so large a bird. Do they feed 

 principally at night ? 



233.— Grus cinerea, Bechst. (865.) 



Large flocks of the Common Crane may often be seen high up 

 in the air performing their very beautiful evolutions, and the 

 il clanging of Cranes" is no uncommon sound in parts of the 

 Divisiun. I have most frequently seen them in the vicinity 

 of the Damuda and Mahan rivers. 1 do not think I have ever 

 seen the Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo, in Chota 

 Nagpur. 



SCOLOPACIDiE. 



234.— Gallinago nemoricola, JSodg. (868.)? 



I flushed a specimen of what I believed to be the Wood 

 Snipe on one occasion about the beginning of March at the foot 

 of some hills in the southern part of Sirguja. It must b3 

 rare in the Division. 



