72 



r' . Hiem. sk. 



s'. $ hiem. sk. 



t' , u'. Ad. sk. 

 »', w'. 3 ad. sk. 

 x' . <$ juv. sk. 

 y'. S ad. ; a'. 5 



hiem. sk. 

 «". <5 ad. sk. 

 6". 2 juv. sk. 

 c". Ad. sk. 



d", e". Ad. et juv. si 

 f",g". Ad. sk. 

 />". i". Ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 fc", I". 6 2 ad. sk. 



m", ?*". 5 ad. sk. 

 o"-g". 2 ad. hiem. ; 



r '. S juv. sk. 

 s" , t". <$ 2 idem. sk. 

 a" . 2 juv. sk. 

 v" . 2 hiem. sk. 



w". 2 ad. hiem. sk. 

 -r". 2 fid. sk. 



y" . S ad. sk. 

 z". 2 a d. sk. 

 a 3 , 6 3 , c*. Ad. sic. 



d\ 2 ad. sk. 



e 9 . Pones of trunk. 



Cachar. 



Logtak Lake, Manipur, 

 March 16 (.4. 0. 11.). 

 Dacca. 



Calcutta, May. 

 Depalpur, Jan. 7. 

 Saugor, July 5. 



Raipur. 



Khandeish. 



Satpura Hills, Northern 



Khandeish, May. 

 . Deccan (Sykes). 

 Madras. 

 Ceylon, June, July (S. 



Chapman). 

 Cotta, Northern Province, 



Ceylon, April 10 (Hart). 

 Lower Pegu, April, Aug. 

 Tonghoo, Dec. to Feb. (R. 



G. W. R). 

 Thatone, Jan. 9. 

 Amherst, Dec. 

 Malacca, Nov. (Dr. Main- 

 gay)- 



Java (Diard). 



Hankow, China (R. Sunn- 

 hoe). 



Hankow (R.S.). 



Hankow (M.S.). 



Formosa, April, 

 (R. S.). 



Takow, Formosa, 

 (R. S.). 



Nepal. 



Aus-. 



Hume ( 'oil. 

 Plume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Colonel Swinkoe[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Oates Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Sahin-fiodman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



June Seebohm Coll. 



Hodgson Coll. 



2. METOPIDIUS. 



Type. 



Metopidius, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 279 M. indicus. 



Range. Indian Peninsula, not extending to Ceylon. From the 

 N.W. Provinces throughout India to Travancore, east through the 

 Burmese provinces to Siam,reoccurring in Java, Sumatra, and Celebes. 



1. Metopidius indicus. 



Indian Jacana, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 2.57 (1787). 



Parra indica, Lath. hid. Orn. ii. p. 765 (1790) ; Vieill. N. Diet. xvi. 

 p. 447(1817); Sehl. Mus. Pays-Ras, Ralli, p. 67 (1865: Java; 

 Celebes) ; Gray, Hand-l. R. iii. p. 70, no. 10538 (1871) ; Salvad. 

 Ucc. Rom. p. 343 (1874) ; Hume, Sir. F. v. p. 46 (1877 : Cachar) ; 

 Oates, t. c. p. 165 (Pegu); Hume §• Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 464 

 (1878: Tenasserim); Ball, Str. F. vii. p. 229 (1878: Ganges to 

 Godaveri) ; Cripps, t. c. p. 304 (Faridpur) ; Tiraut, Bull. Comm. 

 Agric. Cochin Chine, (3) i. p. 159 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 113 

 (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sindetc. p. 66 (1879) ; id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. 



