318 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUR, 



course one says at once " Grns monachns no doubt." But so far 

 as I have been able to study the distribution of this group 

 it is simply impossible for monachus to be in Manipur in 

 March. I never saw the birds on any other occasion, and I 

 don't pretend to know what they were, beyond this that they 

 were Cranes of the monachus type and probably some unde- 

 scribed species. 



[As we were steaming up the " Brahmaputra " in March, 

 1879, and within a few miles of the station of Dibrugarh, I 

 saw about 400 yards off a flock of about 70 birds, which 

 undoubtedly were Cranes, but of which species I cannot say. 

 Of course inland, where my residence afterwards was, these birds 

 were never to be seen, nor did I, when travelling on the Brahma- 

 putra by steamer on several occasions, ever again notice any. — 

 J. R C] 



867. — Scolopax rusticola, Lin. 



The Woodcock is not, I know, very rare in Manipur during 

 the cold season, but I only shot a single specimen not far from 

 Bishnoopoor, at the foot of the Western hills, and this was the 

 only one I saw. 



In the Naga hills it is common, and it occurs in many parts 

 of the Khasi and Garo hills, regularly if not abundantly. In 

 both Northern Sylhet and Cachar a few are found yearly, as 

 they are about the eastern end of the Assam valley, and even in 

 other parts of this latter stragglers occasionally turn up. 



[On two occasions I saw Woodcock in Assam, but unfortu- 

 nately had no gun in my hand ; and several planters, who knew 

 the bird well at home, have told me of their having shot them 

 in Dibrugarh, but they are nowhere numerically common. — 

 J. R. C] 



This too is the case throughout the major portions of Arakan, 

 Pegu and Tenasserim, as far south at least as Tavoy, but there 

 are localities in the Arakan hills, and other places like Tonghoo, 

 where they are regular and pretty numerous visitants. 



868. — Grallinago nemoricola, Hodgs. 



This species — I only shot three there — must be common in 

 Manipur, for we hardly ever beat any piece of heavy grass in 

 wet ground without flushing one. I had no time to waste going 

 after them, so only shot those that came in my way, but I am 

 sure I saw at least a dozen from first to last. It occurs in both 

 the Garo and Khasi hills, and in the Dibrugarh district, but 



