394 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



STREPSILIXJE. 



Stkepsilas rNTEBPEES, L. Arakim. Preparis. Cocos. Andamans. 



Nicobars. 



This species has been found by Jci'don in the Dekkan, 200 miles from the sea, 

 frequenting a large tank. 



h^matopodix-t;. 



H.y.nrATOPUs osTE^ilEGlis, L. Arakan. 



DROMADINiE. 



Dkomas aedeola, Paykull. Arakan. Andamans. 



This bird, strange to say (since its apparent affinities are with ^dicneiniix), lays 

 one large white egg at the end of a burrow from two to four feet in length (S.F. viii. 

 p. 381), after the fashion of the Puffin. This remarkable fact was first discovered 

 by Von Hueglin, and subsequently corroborated by Capt. E. A. Butler. The egg 

 measures 2-.54xl'77 inches. The bird weighs only one pound, whilst ^mcvii 

 magnirostris, which weighs 2 lbs. 4oz., lays an egg of precisely the same size. 



Fa mill/ GruidsB. 



The Cranes are more nearly allied to the Plovers than to Herons and Storks. 

 Thcv feed much on grain, lay two spotted eggs on the ground, and ha\'e a fine 

 trumpet-like call. Many are migratory and highly gregarious. 



Geus ANTIGONE. Arakan. Pegu and ilartaban. 



Kyo-gya. 



G. LONGTROSTRIS, Tcm. 



The common crane is recorded by ilason, and was observed by llr. Swinhoe in 

 Hainan (Blyth). 



The last species is resident ; the present a rare straggler. 



Famihj ScolopacidsB. 



The snipes and sandpipers, says Jcrdon, "form a continued series graduating into 

 each other, with various modifications of the bill as to length, strength, hardness, and 

 form." The bill is short in the Stints {lYingina), curved in the Curlews {Numeniiiue), 

 upturned in the Godwits {Limosiiue), soft in the Snipes [Scolopacinrt), and moderately 

 hard in the Sandpipers {Totanina:). They all lay four greenish or brownish eggs, 

 brown or black spotted. The most typical of the family are the Snipes. 



SCOLOPACIN^. 



Gallinago nemoricola, Hodg. Southern Tenasscrim. 



A single specimen was flushed by Davison near Malewon. 



G. STEENURA, Kulil. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasscrim. A.ndamans. 



G. Homfeildii, Gray. Nicobars. 



The most common snipe of the Indo-Chinese and Malayan countries (Blyth). 

 Hume says the majority migrate, but a few remain the whole year. 



G. GALLiNiTLA, L. Pcgu, wliore rare. 



G. scoLOPACiNA, Bonap. Upper Burma. Pegu. Toung-ngoo. 



Andamans. 

 ScoLOPAX EUSTICOLA, L. Pcgu Tenasscrim, whero rare. 



Hhyncilea rengalensis, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasscrim. 



The painted snipe has been obtained near Rangoon, but it is rare. 



