MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 683 



possession of a previous old nest to lay again. The circumstances, however, 

 might quite be that being disturbed by the man who told me of the nest, she 

 had tried to move her eggs, and dropped one in so doing. 



J. DAVIDSON. 

 32. Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, 

 January 25th, 1908. 



No. XVI.— THE OCCURRENCE OF THE AVOCET {RECURVIROSTRA 



AVOCETTA) IN ASSAM. 

 In December last a bird of this species was brought in by my collector. 

 As Blanford mentions it does not occur in Assam, I think it, having been 

 procured in the Goalpara District, worth recording. 



A. M. PRIMROSE. 

 Baghownie Fcty., Darbhanga, T. S. Railway. 

 29th March 1908. 



No. XVIL— THE FLAMINGO (PHCEN1COPTERUS 1WSEUS) IN THE 

 DARBHANGA DISTRICT, TIRHOOT. 



On the 22nd November 1907 three of these birds were brought to me by a 

 mir-shikar who had shot them. There were only four of them and they were 

 feeding along with some white storks. As this is a very rare bird in Bengal I 

 send this note. 



CHAS. M. INGLIS. 

 Baghownie Fcty., Darbhanga, T. S. Railway, 

 29th March 1908. 



No. XVIIL— NOTE ON THE WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (ANSER 



ALBIFRONS). 

 Capt. E. E. Forbes shot a Goose yesterday three or four miles from Cawn- 

 pore on the Ganges, This was one uf a flight of five. 



It is undoubtedly Anser albifrons. I forward the note as I see Blanford 

 states that this species " is a rare cold weather visitor tu the Punjab, Sind, 

 Cutch, Rohilkhand and Oudh, usually occurring on rivers singly or in parties 

 of two or three." 



H. FULTON, Capt. 

 Cawnpore, 26th January 1908. 



No. XIX.— OCCURRENCE OF THE CRESTED TEAL (EUNETTA 

 FALCATA) IN JULLUNDUR DISTRICT, PUNJAB. 



I am sending you what I believe to be the skin of a Crested or Bronze-capped 

 Teal shot by me on the 15th February 1908 at Rahon in the Jullundur District, 

 Punjab. A flight of five of these birds flew over me. I shot two but as the 

 second fell some distance away in water I went to fetch it and in the mean- 

 while the first bird which apparently fell dead on dry land disappeared. So 

 far as I could judge in the bad light the flight contained two drakes and three 



