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Specimen No. 7 (1st January 1881) G@mmature)— 
Irides dark brown ; cere and orbital skin light whitish yellow, 
the latter colour very faint; legs pale whitish yellow ; 
claws dusky ; bill pale slaty blue, dusky horny blue at 
tip. 
Section No. 8 (2nd January 1881)— 
Irides deep brown; orbital skin, cere and legs bright 
yellow ; bill pale, greenish yellow at base, dusky slaty 
horny at tip; mid toe and claw=2 inches, 
Specimen No. 9 (4th January 1881)— 
Irides deep brown; edge of eyelid, orbital skin and cere 
pale yellow; legs and toes yellow; claws black. 
Specimen No. 10 (8rd February 1881)— 
Inides black ; cere, eyelid, orbital skin and legs bright lemon 
yellow; bill greenish yellow at base, bluish horny at tip ; 
claws slaty horny, darker at tips ; testes considerably en- 
larged. 
In the cold weather of 1880, Captain Williamson, 43rd 
Light Infantry, met with the Woodcock (S. rusticola) on 
several occasions in the neighbourhood of Tonghoo. He 
says: “The first Woodcock I got was on the march from Thayet- 
myo to Tonghoo, half way between the two places. I 
flushed it in a sandy nullah, nearly dry, though with a 
spring not far off. This was in the last week of March. 
“ About six miles north of Tonghoo there isa jhil situated 
in the midst of the jungle. It has very flat banks on the 
three sides, covered with bushes, which are submerged for 
about fifty yards during the rains. These bushes are open 
underneath when the water subsides, I was there after duck 
and discovered marks in the soft mud of prodding, made by 
a Woodcock I thought. I measured the depth and found 
it about the length of a Woodcock’s bill, I then hunted 
about and flushed and shot a cock. I went there several 
times after, and to another jhil about half a mile off the 
same place and killed two or three each time, and on one 
occasion I got eight. Twenty-three miles south of Tonghoo, 
when in search of pig, I saw a likely place in the jungle at 
the head of a spring and flushed acock, but having only a 
rifle with me could not bag it. I returned there three days 
afterwards and got a couple. I have looked at several other 
very likely coverts in the Tonghoo district, but never saw any 
more cock, but I am sure they are to be got. Could see no 
difference between these and the English bird, though some 
are smaller than others,” 
