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



Hodgson has met with it in Nepal, where, however, I have reason to 

 suspect that it is very rare. On the Indus it appears to be tolerably- 

 common. This bird is represented in India generally and in the Bur- 

 mese countries by A. pcecilorhyncha, which in many parts is extremely 

 common, and here is more so than I formerly supposed. 



No. 262. This is the true Podiceps minor, though referred to P. 

 phillipensis by Mr. Jerdon. P. cristatus is also found in the upper 

 provinces. 



Nos. 265 and 266. Both of these pelicans are common in suitable 

 localities, and they both vary exceedingly in size, as much so as Nu- 

 menius arquata and Limosa melanura. I suspect that the females are 

 always much smaller, but cannot pronounce upon this subject at pre- 

 sent, as I find that I omitted to add the sex, when subsequently as- 

 certained, to my notes on a number of recent specimens. Two ex- 

 amples of P. onocrotalus measured respectively 5y ft. by 8 ft. 10 in. ; 

 wing 26 ; tail 8 ; bill to forehead 14^ in., and tarsi 5^- in. ; and 4 ft. 

 8 in. by 7 ft. 10 in., 23, 7, 11 and 5. Another stuffed specimen, 

 which appears conspicuously larger than the first of these, has the 

 bill 15^ in., and wing 27 in. The small one has the supplementary 

 glistening reddish-brown feathers on the breast, analogous to the 

 supplementary feathers of the cormorants when in breeding costume. 

 Of the other species, which I term rufescens with considerable doubt., 

 an adult female measured 4^ ft. by 7^ ft. ; wing 21 in. ; tail 7 in. ; 

 bill to forehead 12^ in. : a young female is still smaller, and a young 

 male much larger, the bill measuring 14^ in., and the wing 23^ in. 

 This species has a row of dark spots along each lateral half of its 

 upper mandible, more or less developed ; the pouch also is commonly 

 more or less spotted, sometimes very thickly so : the feathers of the 

 head and neck are very different from those of P. onocrotalus, being 

 larger, of lax and disunited texture and inclining upwards, as does 

 also the occipital crest ; irides pearly- white in the adult, those of the 

 other being bright brownish- red. Colour of the adult white, slightly 

 blushed, and more conspicuously tinged with yellow, especially also 

 the wings, which have lengthened slender hackles impending their 

 coverts of a strongly marked yellowish cast ; back and rump dull 

 brownish-rosy ; head and neck tinged with ashy, from the bases of 

 the feathers appearing externally; and breast also covered with dingy- 

 yellowish or yellowish-brown hackles : pouch ashy ; and legs leaden- 

 black, slightly tinged with greenish ; the claws white. The young 

 have the upper parts brown, the feathers edged paler. I have sent 

 specimens to the museum of the India-house. 



Nos. 270 and 271. These must both be referred to Gelochelidon of 

 Brehm. Both are numerous ; the former being nos. 400 and 403 of 

 Mr. Jerdon's list, and the latter nos. 398 and 404 of the same. Add 

 Anous tenuirostris and Rhynchops flavirostris. 



No. 274. Of this I have since procured a second specimen. 



On casting my eye over the original list, bearing in mind all the 

 additions and corrections which have been here noticed, I find that 

 I have obtained about 293 species of birds in this immediate neigh- 

 bourhood during a sojourn of two years and a half; and not count- 



