AND NORTHERN GUZERAT. TS 
865.—Grus cinerea, Bechst. 
The Common Crane is plentiful in the plains wherever there 
are large tanks in the cold weather. 
{More or less common during the cold season throughout the 
entire region.—A. O. 
866.—Anthropoides virgo, Lin. 
The Demoiselle Crane occurs in immense flocks all over the 
plains in the cold weather, arriving about the first week in 
October. Dr. Jerdon remarks that “it never betakes itself 
to tanks or jheels during the day ;” this is an erroneous 
impression, as I have seen tanks fringed with a blue margin of 
these birds at least sixty yards wide, and extending over several 
acres of ground over and over again. I never could bring my- 
self to appreciate the flesh of this bird, which is generally con- 
sidered such a delicacy. 
[As in the case of Wild Geese all depends on season, and the 
fare they have been enjoying during the previous 6 weeks— 
common, during the cold season, throughout the entire re- 
gion.—A. O. H.] 
871.—Gallinago scolopacinus, Bonap. 
The Common Snipe is very plentiful in the plains during the 
cold weather. I observed a few also ona small patch of marshy 
ground at Mount Aboo, but it is not common on the hills as 
a rule. 
I shot a couple of full Snipe in excellent condition, and saw 
two or three others in a marsh near Deesa, on the 12th Septem- 
ber 1875. I mention the fact as I have never met with them in 
this country so early in the season before, although I am aware 
they do occur even in August. 
{Common throughout the entire region.—A. O. H.] 
872.—Gallinago gallinula, Zin. 
The Jack Snipe is also common throughout the plains in 
the cold weather. 
[Occurs throughout the entire region.—A. O. H. | 
873.—Rhynchea bengalensis, Lin. 
The Painted Snipe is common in the cold weather, and it is 
not an uncommon thing at that time of year to find the males 
and the females congregated in separate flocks. As an illus- 
tration of this I may mention that upon one occasion I shot 
nineteen males in one strip of grass by the side of a tank near 
Ahmedabad without flushing a single female, and upon several 
other occasions I have shot a large number of females without 
flushing a male. They do not arrive in this part of the country 
