to the Birds of Lvchinnt. 605 



this species or of 7?. indicus occurring in Lucknow, tliongli 

 I fancy the latter has been overlooked and will be found 

 eventually. 



Chettusia GREGARiA (Bouap.). Sociablc Lapwing. 



Reid states that he never came across this bird, while, 

 on the other hand, Captain Irby mentions it as " exceedingly 

 common on open sandy plains in January, February, and 

 March/^ Common it certainly is not, but on three or four 

 occasions I met with flocks of this Lapwing in the month 

 of December in 1898 and 1899. The birds appear to me 

 to be exceedingly tame ; I have always been able to walk up 

 to within fifteen or twenty yards of them. They are generally 

 to be found in flocks of from ten to thirty individuals feeding 

 on ploughed land, the members keeping well apart. 



Larus cachinnans (Pallas). Yellow-legged Herring-Gull. 



This Gull, which is, to my untutored mind, identical with 

 my old friend of the Cornish cliff's, seems fairly common on 

 the Gogra, Ganges, and Ramganga Rivers, on all of which I 

 have seen it. It is not, however, plentiful on our " jheels.^^ 

 Reid stated in his "list" that he had seen, but not secured, 

 a large Gull which must have been of this species. The only 

 specimen actually obtained within the limits of the old 

 Lucknow Division was brought to me by a bird-catcher, who 

 said that he got it on one of the big jheels in the direction 

 of Sitapur. Major Pollock, I.S.C., also tells me that he has 

 frequently seen this bird on certain large shallow lakes in 

 the Division. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus (Linn.). European White 

 Pelican. 



Reid stated that, although he had not iucluded it in his 

 list, he was " pretty certain that P. onocrotalus also occurred 

 here." It is now fairly evident that he was quite right, for 

 I have received four skins of Pelicans from Mr. Marlboro 

 Crosse, of the Educational Department, who very kindly shot 

 the birds for me when out in camp in the district. Three of 

 these turn out to belong to the Eastern variety (P. roseus), 



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