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(568) A. PHCENICURUS. — The White-breasted Water-hen. 

 Hume, No. 907 ; Blanford, No. 1401. 

 Very common indeed. 



(569) Gallinula chloropus. — The Moor-hen. 

 Hume, No. 905 ; Blanford, No. 1402. 

 Equally common in the rains, but many move to Sylhet in the end 

 of the cold weather when the swamps dry up. 



(570) Gallicrex cinerba. — The Water-cock. 

 Hume, No. 904 ; Blanford No. 1403. 

 Common on all the larger pieces of bheel or swamp. Lays as many 

 as nine or even ten eggs. 



(571) PoRPHYRio POLiocEPHALUS. — The Purplc Coot. 

 Hume, No. 902 ; Blanford, No. 1404. 

 Only found on the larger pieces of water and is very local even on 

 these. Most birds wander away to Sylhet at the end of the cold wea- 

 ther for two months or so. 



Family Heliornhh idee. 

 (572) Heliopais personata. — The Masked Finfoot. 

 Hume, No. 903 bis; Blanford, No. 1406. 

 Extremely rare. I have never seen it. 



Family GruIdcG. 

 (573) Grus ANTIGONE. — The Sarus. 

 Hume J No. 863 ; Blanford, No. 1409. 

 I once saw a pair of these cranes near Hailakandy during the cold 

 weather of 1894. They settled in a field for a few minutes and then 

 sailed away out of sight towards the south. I have never heard of any 

 others being seen. 



(574) G. MONARCHUS. — The King Crane. 

 In December of 1880 whilst fishing in the Mahar River, seven huge 

 cranes flapped overhead down the stream and settled in a shallow pool 

 some four hundred yards away. They at once struck me as being 

 something I had not seen before, and I followed them up, and though 

 I failed to bring my bird down with the first barrel I knocked one over 

 as they rose with the socond. He half fluttered and half ran down the 

 stream, and it took a third barrel to bring him to bag; but when it was 

 at lust brought to hand I found myself in possession of an undoubted G. 

 monarchus. The anterior crown was black, otherwise the whole head 



