430 Capt. R. C. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



BoTAURUs STELLARis (Linn.). Not rare. At Martinc, 

 when it is heard booming, the people imagine it to be the 

 voice of a "Jin" portending a bad season. 



Falcinellus igneus (Gm.). Numbers come to Tetuan in 

 summer. 



Plata LEA leucoradia, Linn. Very rare. 



CicoNiA ALBA, Bechst. " Belarej." Held sacred, as in 

 Holland, and consequently very abundant. I have counted 

 more than sixty together in one place. 



Phcenicopterus roseus. Pall. " Nehaf." Very rare. 



Tadorna casarca (Gmel.). Shot by M. Favier off Cape 

 Spartel. 



Anas BOSCHAS, Linn. "ElBourk."^ Plentiful on the 

 Anas penelope, Linn. K pools in the open 



Anas crecca, Linn. J country. 



Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.). I saw one near Cape 

 Spartel. 



SuLA BASSANA (Linn.). Common. 



PoDiCEPS minor (Gmel.). At the Lakes during the whole year. 



Stercorarius parasiticus (Linn.). 



Larus fuscus, Linn. 



RiSSA TRIDACTYLA (LiuU.). 



Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linn 



Sterna cantiaca, Gmel. 



Sterna minuta, Linn. T saw one specimen obtained by 

 M. Favier. 



XXVL — Notes on various Indian Birds. 

 By R. C. Beavan, Capt. Bengal Staff Corps, C.M.Z.S. 



(Plate X.) 

 [Continued from the ' The Ibis ' for 1865, p. 423.] 



240. PiPRisoMA AGILE. Thick-billed Flower-pecker. 



In addition to my former notes on this species (Ibis, 1865, 



On the coast in 

 winter ; but I do 

 )>not know if they 

 remain for the 

 summer. 



