in the vicinity of Calcutta, 167 



152. Dicaum erythronotum. Rare. 



153. D. Tickellice, nobis ; Nectarinia minima, Tickell. Very com- 

 mon. 



154. Vinago militaris. Common. 



155. V. bicincta, Jerdon. Not rare. 



156. Columba tigrina. Extremely common. 



157. C. risoria (?). Tolerably common. 



158. C meena, Sykes. 



159. C. humilis. These two species may often be purchased in 

 the shops, but do not appear to be common in this vicinity. 



160. C, Javanica, Tolerably common. 



161. C. livia (?), var. ? C. cenas, Sykes and Jerdon. A wild pigeon, 

 which seems to have originated most of the dove-cot pigeons of this 

 part. In the London markets vaat numbers of a wild pigeon (all 

 shot birds, and not differing in form or plumage,) may be observed, 

 which essentially resemble C. livia (vera), except that the wings are 

 not barred, but spotted as in C. cenas ; the Indian bird, on the con- 

 trary, has the barred wing, but no white on the rump : among the 

 domestic varieties, however, of the latter may be seen many with 

 spotted wings. It is probable that all three are esculent species, 

 aboriginally distinct, but which readily merge together when domes- 

 ticated. 



162. Francolinus vulgaris, 



163. Fr, gularis. 



164. Fr. Pondicerianus. These three species are occasionally 

 brought by the bazar shikarees, the second very rarely, and the third 

 most commonly. It is indeed doubtful whether Fr. gularis is found 

 in this vicinity, though numerous two or three hundred miles up the 

 river. 



165. Coturnix dactylosans. The most plentiful species of quail in 

 this part. 



166. C text His. Rare. 



167. C Phillipensis. Rare. 



168. C.flavipes, nobis, J. A. S. B. xi. 808. I have obtained a pair 

 only of this diminutive species, separately, as mentioned in the ori- 

 ginal description cited. 



169. Turnix taigoor. Apparently not rare. 



170. T. Dussumieri. Apparently not rare. 



171. Pavo cristatus. Wild specimens are occasionally offered for 

 sale alive, but are brought from some distance. They precisely accord 

 with the ordinary (not the japanned) variety of the domestic peafowl 

 in plumage. 



172. Grus cinerea. Occasionally snared by the shikarees. 



173. Ardea cinerea. Common. 



174. A. purpurea. Common. 



175. A. flavirostris. Not rare. The young bird has a black bill, 

 in which state it is enumerated by Col. Sykes as A. egretta. 



176. A.putea. Named in MS. by Buchanan Hamilton. A middle- 

 sized crestless white egret, with yellow bill and black legs ; the former 

 also yellow in the young. Not rare. 



