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Totantts calidris (Linn.). 



The Redshank is common on the shore in the cold weather 

 and the latter part of the rains. It arrives at least as early as the 

 beginning of October. 



Totanus glottis (Linn.). 



The Greenshank is common on the shore in winter and 

 autumn, arriving before the end of October. 



Tringa subarquaia (Giildenstorp). 



Yet another common shore-bird in its season. I think I have 

 seen it as early as the end of July. 



Himanlnpus candidus (Bonn.). 



.Several pairs frequent the shores of the island in the winter 

 and hot weather, but leave them when the floods rise. I found a 

 nest in June, 1920. It contained three eggs arranged with the 

 pointed ends inwards and was constructed as described in the 

 " Fauna." It was situated on gravel amidst masses of dead 

 weed The old birds were very bold in its vicinity, dashing close 

 down and almost touching one's head, screaming all the time. 



Lams ichythaetus, Pallas. 



I think this is the large black-headed gull sometimes seen 

 resting on the shore. 



Larits ridibuiidus, I.inn. 



Occasionally seen on the shore in the cold weather. 



Sterna melanogaster (Temm.). 



Not uncommon round the island in the hot weather. 



Sterna minuta, Linn. 



Also fairly common. I have seen the species in the breed- 

 ing season on the shore, but am sure that it does not nest on the 

 island. 



Other .species of terns probably visit Barkuda, but I have 

 not been able to identify them with certainty. 



Phalacrocorax carho (Linn.) and P. javanicus (Horsf.). 

 These two cormorants visit the island occasionally. 



Phalacrocorax juscicollis (Steph.). 



Very large numbers of this cormorant visit the island nightly 

 in the hot weather and the early part of the rains to roost. After 

 sitting for some time on rocks on the shore, they fly to certain 

 trees near the middle of the island, leaving at dawn. The places 

 stink of them. About the beginning of September they begin to 

 disappear, and have done so completely by the end of the month. 



