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(154) Scops giu. — The Scops Owl. 

 Another specimen, a female, was got near Baghownie on the 20th November 

 1902, 



(155) S. bakkamcena. — The Collared Scops Owl. 

 A nest containing four slightly incubated eggs was found in a hole in a 

 peepul tree not far from Baghownie. 



(157) Ninox scutulata. — The Brown Hawk-Owl. 

 One or two more specimens have been obtained near Baghownie since 

 writing about this species. 



(180) Accipiter nisus. — The Sparrow-Hawk. 

 I obtained a specimen at Baghownie on the 28th November 1902. 

 (337) Turtur orientalis. — The Rufous Turtle Dove. 

 Blanford, No. 1304 ; Hume, No. 793. 

 A solitary specimen was shot by me in my compound at Baghownie on the 

 27th August 1903. It was undoubtedly this species as I compared it with my 

 Cachar specimens. 



(193) Turtur ferrago. — The Indian Turtle Dove. 

 I have also taken the eggs of this species in July as well as during the 

 months previously mentioned. 



(199) Coturnix coromandelica. — The Rain Quail. 

 The first and only specimen of this*species obtained by me was got on the 5th 

 May 1904. It was a male and was near Baghownie along with some Grey and 

 Button Quail. 



(338) Francolinus gularis. — The Swamp Partridge. 

 Blanford, No. 1376 ; Hume, No. 823. 

 A pair were brought me on the 19th March 1904 by a mir-shikar, who says 

 he snared them in a large grass in the E. of this subdivision. He also 

 mentioned that he had got the eg<*s, but ate them. He has promised to get 

 me more birds and, if possible, the eggs. Mr. Edgell wrote me that he had 

 shot this species in the Monghyr District. My pair are kept in an aviary 

 along with a male Black Partridge and a lot of other birds. They never appear 

 to quarrel with any of the other species ; in fact, they used to be bullied by an 

 Australian Crested Dove (Ocyphaps lophotes). They are rather quiet birds, 

 only occasionally uttering a loud qua, qua, qua, which ascends in tone. I 

 have heard no other note. They are very shy, keeping hid most of the day. 

 The hen is not as shy as the cock. 



(217) Anthropoides virgo. — The Demoiselle Crane. 

 A flock came to the Kamla, near Jainagar, about the end of April, out of 

 which one was secured. 



(218) Sypheotis bengalensis. — The Bengal Florican. 

 I have at last succeeded in getting a specimen of a Florican. It was 

 brought here on the 28th of August. It was snared somewhere in the District 

 and was alive when brought, but I believe in a very emaciated condition, the 

 sides of the head are buff and the greater portion of the back is mottled. 

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