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(592) M. ALEXANDRiNA. — The Kentish Plover. 

 Ilurne, No. 848 ; Blanford, No. 144G. 

 I have seen hut one specimen of this little Plover, hut should 

 imagine it must oggui* fairly often. 



(593) M. DUBiA.— The Little Ringed Plover. 

 Hume, Ncs. 849, 850 ; Blanford, No. 1447. 

 Common. 



'in my collection there is a tiny Swallow Plover which differs from 

 duhia in having no signs of any ring on the nape of the neck, either 

 white or dark. This is prohably only an abnormally coloured speci- 

 men. Young birds of coarse often show very little signs of the ring, 

 but this bird appears adult and there is absolutely no trace of it. 

 (594) M. I'LAGIDA. — The Long-billed Ring Plover. 

 Hume, No. 848 his ; Blanford, No. 1449. 

 Recorded Irom Assam and Cachar. I have never come across any. 

 Sub-Family Hoimatopodince. 

 (595) HiMANTOPUS CANDIDUS. — Tho Black-winged Stilt. 

 Hume, No. 898 ; Blanford, No. 1451. 

 Very common. I found some of these birds on the river Kopili in 

 April, and believe they were breeding. The testes of the males were 

 fully enlarged and the ovaries of one female contained eggs the size of 

 a thrush's. 



(596) Ibidorhynohus struthersi. — The Ibis-bill. 

 Hume, No. 879 ; Blanford, No. 1453. 

 I have a specimen of this rather rare bird shot by one of my collec- 

 tors in the plains of Cacbar. Have shot two in the highest waters in 

 N. Cachar and seen two or three others. 



Sub-Family Totanince. 

 (597) NuMENius ARQUATA. — The Curlew. 

 Hume, No.Sn-, Blanford, No. 1454. 

 I once heard a flock of these birds flying overhead, appearing to 

 have come from Manipur. I have never seen any other birds, nor have 

 I heard of any being obtained in Cachar, but I have records of their 

 being shot both in Manipur and in Sylhet. 



(598) LiMOSA BELGicA. — The Black-tailed Godwit. 

 Hume, No. 875 ; Blanford, No. 145G. 

 A very rare visitor to Cachar. I have never seen a living specimen 

 thence. 



