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(258) Amaurornis pbcenicurus.— The White -breasted Waterhen. 



Blanford, No. 1401 ; Jerdon, No. 907. 

 Found throughout the low country round the edges of paddy fields. 

 Breeds in April. 



(259) Gallinula chloropus. — The Moorhen. 

 Blanford, No. 1402 ; Jerdon, No. 905. 



The Moorhen is by no means common in Travancore ; the Museum 

 possesses only a single specimen. 



(260) Gallicrbx cinerea. — The Water-Cock. 

 Blanford, No. 1403 ; Jerdon, No. 904. 



Not uncommon in and about rice cultivation in the low country. 

 (261). Porphyrio poiiocephalus. — The Purple Moorhen. 

 Blanford, No. 1404 ; Jerdon, No. 902. 

 Common in all the larger lakes wherever there are reeds and rushes. 

 Breeds in July and August. 



Sub-order Otides. 



Family Otidhlce. 



(262) Sypheotis aurita. — The Lesser Florican or Likh. 



Blanford, No. 1416 ; Jerdon, No. 839. 



A very occasional visitor to Travancore ; the only record I have of 



its occurrence is in 1876, when one was shot in some rushes in 



Trevandrum. 



Order LIMICOLjE. 



Family (Edicnemidj^. 



(263) (Edicnemus scoiopax. — The Stone Curlew. 



Blanford, No. 1418 ; Jerdon, No. 859. 



1 have on more than one occasion seen and shot this bird when 



snipe shooting at Valey, four miles from Trevandrum, where the soil 



is sandy and the place is clothed with shrubs and cocoanut trees. They 



were sometimes in small parties of three or four ; at others, solitary. It 



breeds here in August. 



Family Glareolid,e. 



Sub-family Cursoriince. 



(264) Cursorius coromandelicus. — The Indian Courser. 



Blanford, No. 1422 ; Jerdon, No. 840. 



My collector shot two of these birds eight miles south of Qnilon on 



some sandy plains in June 1902. Four more were subsequently 



