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as soon as the rains are established and I have never seen the 

 species on the island between the end of June and Tsovember. 



Dendrocycna fitlva (Gmelin). 



A pair frequented the island throughout the rainy season of 

 X919 and probably bred upon it. 



Casarca riitila (Pallas). 



Not uncommon on the shore in the cold weather. 



Anas poecilorhynclia, Forst. 



One or two pairs haunted the shores of the island in April 

 and June, 1920, but I don't think they bred upon it. 



Appendix. 



Mr. Cedric Dover informs me that the following species have 

 been seen by him on Barkuda. 



Defidroci/la rufa (Scop.). 



" A pair were observed on the top of a large fig-tree in April, 

 1920." 



Dicrurus aler (Hermann). 



"An occasional visitor to the south shore of the island." 



Orthotomus suiorius (Forst.). 



Mr. Dover fonnd the Tailor-Bird not uncommon in the more 

 wooded areas of Barkuda. It probably breeds on the island 



Alcedo ispida, Linn. 



" Seen occasionally in September and October^ 1919, and in 

 August, 1930, parched on poles on the south shore of Barkuda." 



Halcyon siiiyrnensis (Linn.). 



" Not infrequently seen in August, 1920, in the same situa- 

 tion as the preceding species." 



Strix flammea, Linn. 



" A single individual was observed in the vicinity of a dis- 

 used well at about 8 p.m. in October, 1919." 



