A few snipe and woodcock visit the Palnis in winter. THE PODICIPEDIDAE OR GREBE FAMILY 60. _Podicipes albipennis_. The little grebe or dabchick. This bird never leaves the water. It is smaller than a dove. It has no tail. It is dark glossy brown in colour with chestnut on the sides of the neck. _APPENDICES_ _I. Vernacular Names of Himalayan Birds_ _II. Vernacular Names of Nilgiri Birds_ _I. VERNACULAR NAMES OF HIMALAYAN BIRDS_ Ababil . . . . . . . swallow Akku . . . . . . . . common cuckoo Argul . . . . . . . lammergeyer Ban-bakra . . . . . black bulbul, rusty-cheeked scimitar-babbler Ban-sarrah . . . . . black-throated jay Ban-titar . . . . . hill partridge Bara bharao . . . . large hawk-cuckoo Batasi . . . . . . . Indian swift Bater . . . . . . . quail Bhimraj . . . . . . racquet-tailed drongo Boukotako . . . . . Indian cuckoo Bulaka . . . . . . . brown wood-owl Bulbul . . . . . . . bulbul Bunchil . . . . . . cheer pheasant Chakru . . . . . . . chakor partridge Chaman . . . . . . . cheer pheasant Chanjarol . . . . . woodcock Chil . . . . . . . . kite Chir . . . . . . . . cheer pheasant Chitla . . . . . . . spotted dove Chitroka fakhta . . spotted dove Chota fakhta . . . . little brown dove Chukar . . . . . . . chakor partridge Digg-dall . . . . . blue magpie Dhal kowa . . . . . corby Dhor fakhta . . . . ring-dove Dogra chil . . . . . crested serpent eagle Durkal . . . . . . . black bulbul Gagi . . . . . . . . slaty-headed paroquet Gidh . . . . . . . . vulture Gir-chaondia . . . . white-capped redstart Gonriya . . . . . . house-sparrow Gugi . . . . . . . . ring-dove Herril . . . . . . . cheer pheasant Hud-hud . . . . . . hoopoe Il . . . . . . . . . kite Jel butara . . . . . Himalayan pied kingfisher Jumiz . . . . . . . imperial eagle Kabk . . . . . . . . chakor partridge Kaindal . . . . . . hill partridge Kalesur . . . . . . kalij pheasant Kalij . . . . . . . kalij pheasant Kali-pholia . . . . white-capped redstart Kaljit . . . . . . . Himalayan whistling-thrush Kangskiri . . . . . spotted dove Kastura . . . . . . Himalayan whistling-thrush, grey-winged ouzel Kasturi . . . . . . grey-winged ouzel Koak . . . . . . . . koklas pheasant Koin . . . . . . . . Indian turtle-dove Kokia-kak . . . . . Himalayan tree-pie Kokla . . . . . . . kokla green-pigeon, koklas pheasant Koklas . . . . . . . koklas pheasant Kolsa . . . . . . . kalij pheasant Krishen-patti . . . blue-headed rock-thrush Kuil . . . . . . . . koel Kukera . . . . . . . kalij pheasant Kukku . . . . . . . cuckoo Kukrola . . . . . . koklas pheasant Kupak . . . . . . . common hawk-cuckoo Kupwah . . . . . . . cuckoo Kyphulpakka . . . . Indian cuckoo Kyphulpakki . . . . Indian cuckoo Machi bagh . . . . . Himalayan pied kingfisher Madana suga . . . . slaty-headed paroquet Maina . . . . . . . myna Miouli . . . . . . . great Himalayan barbet Mohrhaita . . . . . changeable hawk-eagle