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Pintail Snipe (1485), GalUnago stenura. 



Travers writes that this district is not one where large bags of 

 snipe are made; iu the adjoining districts of Dinajpur and Rangpur 

 they are far more numerous. Snipe arrive early in August and some 

 remain as late as May, The 19th of August (Stuart Baker gives the 

 12th August) and the 5th of May are the earliest and latest dates 

 on which he has actually shot specimens, pintail, in both cases ; but he 

 has seen birds a fortnight earlier and later. They have been reported 

 to him in every month of the year and it is probable that a few do 

 summer here and breed in the lower hills in Bhutan and within 

 our limits. In V'ol. XXIV, No. 2, page 367 of this Joimial, Mr. 

 Hodding wrote that he had caught, on the 12th August 1915, one 

 out of three yoimg Fantail Snipe which were with one of their parents 

 on a nearly submerged piece of grassland on the Tista m the Rangpur 

 district. Travers states that snipe are more numerous in October 

 and November and again in February and March, though in a few 

 favourite places a few remain throughout the cold weather. Pintail 

 remain longer that the fantail and the former are often foiind in scrub 

 and thatching grass near a feeding ground that has dried to 

 hardness. 



Himalayan Solitarj^ Snipe (1486), GalUnago solitaria. — With the exception 

 of O'Donel's remarks, those on the Woodsnipe are the same for this 

 species. 



•Jack Snipe (1487), GalUnago gallinu^a — Uncommon. 



Painted Snipe (1488), Bostrahda capensis. 



Indian River Tern (1508), Sterna siena. — Found on large rivers. 



Black-bellied Tern (1504), Sterna melanogaster. — Found on large rivers. 



White-shafted Ternlet (1509), Sterna smensis .—Shot on the Sankos. 



Indian Little Tern (1510), Sterna minuta gouldice. Seen on the Sankos. 



Indian Skimmer or Scissors-bill (1517), Bhynchops albicollis.—Oiten seen 

 on the Sankos. 



Eastern White Pelican (1520 j, Pelecanus ) „j , 



roseus. I *Ve have once or twice seen flocks 



White or Roseate Pelican (1521), Pele-l ^^ °^^® or other of these peli- 

 caniisonocrotalus.— ) °^^^^ during the cold weather. 



Large Cormorant (1526), Phalacrocorax carbo. — More common along forest 

 streams, but occasionally seen on the upper reaches of the Torsa 

 river. 



;[Indian Shag {'\ 527), Phalacrocorax fiiscicolUs. —Only seen in Goalpara.] 



Little Cormorant (1528), Phalacrocorax javanicus. — Very common every- 

 where in the plains. 



Indian Darter or Snake-Bird (1529), Plotus melanogaster. 



Black-Stork (1547), Cicomanigrra. Observed near Nilpara. A few pairs 

 seen on the larger rivers in winter. 



White-necked Stork (1548), Dissura episcopus. — A specimen in the British 

 Museum from the Bhutan Duars was got in February. 



Black-necked Stork (1549), Xenorhynchus asiaticus .—Gommori in the beds 

 of the rivers and apparently resident. 



The Adjutant (1550), Leptoptilus diibius. 



Lesser Adjutant (1551), Leptoptilus javanicus . 



Eastern Purple Heron {lo54:),Ardeamanillensis. 



•Great White-bellied Heron {l557),Ardeainsignis.~Vncommon and keeping 

 to the larger nvers and those runningthough forest. O'Donel remarks 

 that it disappears from the plains during the rains and that it generally 

 feeds at dusk, but also occasionally does so at mid-day 



.Large Egret (1559), Herodias alba.— 'Not uncommon. 



