170 Mr. E. Blyth^s List of Birds obtained 



but one specimen of this species, but in the second a considerable 

 number have been brought to the bazar ; two or three specimens, and 

 sometimes more, being commonly met with of a morning. 



219. Tringa minuta. Extremely common. 



220. Tr. Temminckii. During the first cold season I obtained but 

 three or four specimens of this species, but in the second they have 

 been tolerably common. 



N.B. I have recently received from Mr. Jerdon a specimen of 

 Tr. canutus from the vicinity of Madras. 



221. Machates pugnax\ Tringa Hardwickii, Harwicke and Gray, 

 the male, or ruff, — and Tr. Indica, ibid., the female, or reeve. To- 

 lerably common, but never met with in breeding plumage. 



222. Numenius arquata. Common. 



223. Scolopax Gallinago. Very common. 



224. Sc, heteruray Hodgson. Common, especially about the com- 

 mencement and close of the cool season. 



225. Sc^gallinula. Not rare. 



226. Glareola torquata. Now and then met with. 



227. Gl. orientalis. Two or three great heaps of this species were 

 brought to the bazar during last February. 



228. Parra Sinensis. Tolerably common. I have only seen what 

 is currently regarded as the adult plumage during the hot and rainy 

 seasons, the considerable number brought during the cold season 

 being all in what is considered the immature plumage ; but I cannot 

 yet assert that they moult back from the former into the latter. 



229. P. Indica. Less numerous than the last, but still tolerably 

 common. The adult garb of this species I have obtained at all sea- 

 sons, the young having been described as a distinct species — P. arata, 

 Tickell. 



230. Fulica atra. Common. 



231. Porphyria smaragnotus. Common. 



232. Gallinula chloropus (?). Common. The size appears to be 

 constantly inferior to that of the European birds. 



233. G. Javanica. Common. 



234. G. luguhris, Horsfield. Not rare, as I have been informed, 

 inhabiting the rice-fields ; but I have hitherto obtained but one spe- 

 cimen in the neighbourhood. 



235. Porzana rufescens ; Rallus rufescens, Jerdon. I have obtained 

 one specimen. 



236. P. maruetta. Common. 



237. P. ruhiginosa. Not rare. 



238. P. Baillonii. Common. 



239. Rallus aquations . Apparently not common. 



240. jR. gularis. I have obtained one beautiful pair. 



241. Phcenicopterus ruber. I have obtained several specimens in 

 the bazar. 



242. Anser Indicus. Common. 



243. A. cinereus. Less so, but not rare. 



244. Dendrocygna major, Jerdon. Somewhat rare. 



245. D. arcuata ; Mareca awsnree, Sykes. Very common, asso- 

 ciating in large flocks. 



