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Himalayas, as far north as Chinese Tartary ; solitary in its habits ; 

 frequents pools and streams. 



247. Totanus calidris (Linnaeus). 



248. Actitis ochropus (Linnaeus). 



249. Actitis hypoleucus (Linnaeus). 



250. Limosa ^gocephala (Linnaeus). 



Also generally distributed over the Deccan, Scinde, Bengal, and 

 the Himalayas, as far north as Chinese Tartary : all are common. 



251. Numenius arquata, Linnaeus. 



Lakes of Cashmere and rivers of the Punjab, pretty common. 



252. Numenius ph^eopus, Linnaeus. 



Mouth of the Indus, near Kurrachee, on the sea-coast : common. 



253. Tringa minuta, Leisler. 

 Rivers of the Punjab, common. 



254. Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus). 



Is found on the lakes and marshes of the Punjab during the cold 

 months, but migrates towards the end of April. Before departure, 

 they assemble in flocks. I have never seen the males in their com- 

 plete plumage. 



255. Scolopax rusticola, Linnaeus. 



The "Woodcock breeds in the pine forests of the Western Hima- 

 layas ; during winter it repairs to the valleys of the lesser ranges. 

 Not uncommon in the forests of Cashmere ; but they do not occur 

 in numbers sufficient to repay the necessary toil in searching for 

 them. The Western Ghauts and Nilgiris are likewise localities fre- 

 quented by this species. 



256. Gallinago nemortcola (Hodgson). 



In the lonely glens, by the side of some mountain streams, where 

 the pine grows tall and dense, and the sun's rays seldom penetrate, 

 there we meet the Solitary Snipe, from the lowest ranges of the 

 Himalayas to the limits of its forest. Nowhere common ; many old 

 Himalayan sportsmen have never seen it. 1 have observed con- 

 siderable variety in regard to size of different specimens. One 

 killed on a mountain near Simla was not larger than a Common 

 Snipe. 



257. Gallinago scolopacinus, Bonap. 



258. Gallinago gallinula (Linnaeus). 



The Common and Jack Snipe abound all over India, and during 



