120 Mr. E. Blyth on the Ornithology of the neighbourhood of 



Of the Lobivanellus cinereus, nobis, I procured many examples du- 

 ing the late cold season. 



Nos. 201 and 202 I presume to be Ch. Geoffroyi and Ch. Lesche- 

 naultii. 



No. 204. Also several specimens of Charadrius Cantianus. 



No. 206. This is called Himantopus asiaticus by M. Lesson, in the 

 erroneous supposition that the bird has never a black cap, as in the 

 European species. 



No. 209 is Totanus stagnatilis, Bechstein ; also T. tenuirostris, 

 Horsfield, and figured by two or three names in Hardwicke's pub- 

 lished drawings. Respecting the greenshank, no. 208, I certainly 

 was never satisfied of the alleged distinctness of the so-called glot- 

 toides, of which I have seen many specimens from the Himalaya, all 

 of which were decidedly T. glottis, as Mr. Strickland suggests. 



No. 212 is the European wood -sandpiper, commonly measuring 

 8J by 16 inches ; wing 5 or 5£ in. Dr. Horsfield's T. affinis is pro- 

 bably a stretched skin of the same*. Judging from the few specimens 

 brought to the bazar, I was greatly astray in asserting T. ochropus 

 and Ti hypoleucos to be somewhat rare. The latter is excessively 

 abundant a little way down the river, along its banks, on those of 

 the nullahol (natural or artificial canals) communicating with it, and 

 about the jheels or marshy lakes ; the latter being also favourite 

 haunts of T. ochropus. 



No. 216 et seq. Terekia javanica was rather plentiful at the com- 

 mencement of last cold season ; Tringa platyrhyncha less numerous 

 than during the preceding season ; Tr. Temminckii common ; Tr. al- 

 pina obtained once only, a single specimen. I have mentioned that 

 Tr. canutus has been once obtained by Mr. Jerdon, who has also pro- 

 cured a single example of Calidris arenaria. Towards the mouth of 

 the river, Strepsilas interpres occurs, and probably also Hcemaiopus 

 longirostris , which, with Numenius phaopus , I have received from both 

 sides of the bay. The Eurhinorhynchus orientalis, nobis, has never yet 

 occurred to me. I have procured one fine fresh specimen of a com- 

 mon woodcock, which species is probably not so rare as its haunts 

 are inaccessible ; and as regards the snipe referred to gallinago, it 

 appears always to have fourteen rectricesf. Hardwicke's figure of 

 Scolopax Horsfieldi, Gray, has certainly not much the appearance of 

 Sc. stenura, but I doubt its being a peculiar species. 



No. 231. I shall describe the Indian Porphyrio, which I cannot 

 exactly satisfy myself is Dr. Horsfield's Javanese species, and also 

 another undetermined Porphyrio in the museum. The former mea- 

 sures 17 or 18 inches by 30 to 33 in. ; wing 8| to 9^ in. ; tail 4 in. ; 

 bill to gape 1^ in. ; tarsi 3J to 3 J in. ; middle toe and claw averaging 

 4^ in. ; frontal shield large and broad, extending beyond the eyes, 



* I have lately examined the original specimen of Dr. Horsfield's T. affi- 

 nis, which is certainly the glareola. It measures about 8 inches in length, 

 the published measurement of 10 inches having been an error. — H. E. S. 



f Be it remembered that the number of tail-feathers is subject to varia- 

 tion in the British wild swans, a fact I have observed both in Cygnus mu~ 

 sicus and C. Bewickii. 



