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(339) Vanellus vulgaris.— The Lapwing. 

 Blanford, No. 1436 ; Hume, No. 851. 

 A single bird was snaredat the Maiser chaur on the 8th August 1903, but 

 was too much damaged for preservation. This is the only one that has ever 

 been got here. 



(340) Chettusia geegaru. — The Sociable Lapwing. 

 Blanford, No. 1437 ; Hume, No. 852. 

 A few were got at the Maiser chaur on New Year's Day, 1903, and again a 

 few more on the 1st February of the same year. 



(236) Numenius pha;opus. — The Whimbrel. 

 A second specimen, a male, was got at the Maiser chaur on the 12th Sep- 

 tember 1903. 



(215) Pavoxcella pugnax. — The Ruff and Reeve. 

 On the 15th February 1904 a male Ruff was. shot near Raghownie with a 

 white head and neck, except one or two dark feathers on the crown. Mr. 

 Finn wrote an article on this form, to which he gives the sub-specific name of 

 Pavoncella pugnax leueoprora, in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Rengal, 

 Vol. LXXI, Part II, No. 1 of 1902. 



(341) Tringa subarquata.— The Curlew Stint. 

 Blanford, No. 1477 ; Hume, No. 882. 

 A single male specimen, changing from summer to winter plumage, was 

 snared on the Maiser chaur and brought to me on the 8th August 1903. 



(254) Larus ichthyaetus. — The Great Rlack-headed Gull. 

 Another specimen of this fine gull was got on the Renoa chaur on the 3rd 

 March 1904. It was a male, in breeding plumage. 



(268) Phalacrocorax carbo. — The Large Cormorant. 

 A fine bird in breeding plumage was got on the Renoa chaur on the 21st 

 March 1904. 



(277) Ciconia nigra.— The Rlack Stork. 

 At last I have succeeded in obtaining a specimen of this stork. A fine male 

 was snared on the Roopuspur chaur on the 9th January 1904. I append the 

 dimensions and colours of the soft parts of this specimen. Length 42" ; wing 

 21" ; tail 9'5" ; tarsus 8" ; bill at front 7*6" ; bill at gapeS" ; expanse 75'8". Rill, 

 orbital skin and legs vermilion ; former tinged with brown except at tip and 

 base and front of tarsus brownish ; iris light brown. The native name I gave 

 was correct. 



(281) Leptoptilus javanicus. — The Lesser Adjutant. 

 Another specimen, a male, was got near Raghownie on the 15th September 

 1903. 



(287) Herouias intermedia.— The Smaller Egret, 

 Two males, in full breeding plumage, have been obtained since my note on 

 this species. One was got at Fureckeer in the Monghyr District on the 22nd April 

 1903, and the other at the Hurrietta chaur in this district on the 25th May of 

 the same year. 



