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Co/umba intermedia, vStrickl. 



The Indian Rock pigeon is abundant, at any rate at night, 

 on the more rockj' islands of the Chilka Lake, but is onh' an occa- 

 sional visitor on Barkuda. Small flocks do, however, roost on the 

 island sometimes, 



Turtur orientalis (I,ath.). 



Fairly common on the island, on which it breeds regularly. 



Turtur risorius (Linn.). 



Apparent!}' no more than a casual visitor on Barkuda. A 

 pair were observed on the shore in June, 1920, feeding on the 

 halophytic plant Snaeda multiflora. 



Esacus rectirvirostris (Cuvier). 



A common bird on the foreshore except when it is covered by 

 the floods. When the water reaches the base of the trees at the 

 head, of the beach, the birds desert the island, but they return 

 as soon as the floods abate. I have seen a half-fledged nestling 

 on the island, in April Four or five adult individuals are often 

 seen together and once I saw twelve standing on a sand-bank. 

 This was at the end of October. 



SarcograiiuiiHS indicus (Bodd.). 



The Did-he-do-it is one of the most familiar birds on the 

 shore of Barkuda, on which it breeds. It is present throughout 

 the year. 



Charadrius juhnis (Gmelin). 



Flocks of the Eastern Golden Plover frequent the shore of 

 Barkuda in the cold weather, arriving about the middle of Sep- 

 tember and not departing until May. 



Acgialitis alexandrina (Linn.). 



The Kentish Plover is common on the shore of Barkuda in 

 the hot weather. I have seen individuals in full breeding plum- 

 age in June. 



Nitmenius arqiiata (Linn.). 



The Curlew is by no means uncommon on the shore of Bar- 

 kuda in the cold weather and the latter part of the rains. I 

 have seen individuals as early as the end of vSeptember. 



Limosa belgica (Linn.). 



Large flocks feed on the shore, just below the water-level, in 

 the cold weather. 



Totaniis glareola (Gmelin). 



A common bird on the shore throughout its stay in the 

 south. 



