DURATION OF BREEDING SEASON. 61 
English Names. Scientific Names. 
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The Woodcock | Scalopax rusticola I 
The painted Snipe | Rhynchea bengalensis == = 
The common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucus == 
The Stilt | Himantopus candidus sles 
The bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidus indicus = 
The pheasant-tailed _,, Hydrophasianus sinensis —|— 
The purple Coot | Porphyrio poliocephalus =i 
The common ,, | Fulica atra Sl eld 
The water Cock | Gallicrex cristatus => 
The ,, Hen| Gallinula chloropus - |= 
Blythe’s _,, n 5 burnesii _— 
The white-breasted _,, » | Porzana phenicura —|— 
The brown Rail ne akool oe ae 
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Baillon’s Crake 5 pygmeea PES) ered 
The ruddy Rail of fusca == 
The Adjutant} Leptoptilus argala = 
The black-necked Stork | Mycteria australis § | ¢ | | | | | | |--—I-—H 
The white-necked ,, |Melanopelargus episcopus —|—)|—-|- oa 
The great Heron | Ardea sumatrana == 
The common ,, » cinerea ea [Poel ie sl [ed |e SE 
The purple ” ” purpurea —|— , —|§ —|— | = 
The white _,, Herodias alba |= 
The little ,, 55 »  egrettoides —|— 
The little Egret »  garzetta —|— 
The cattle ,, | Buphus coromandus —i— 
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The little pond Heron | Ardeola grayi -|—|— 
The little green Bittern | Butorides javanicus —|— 
The black op Ardetta flavicollis — 
The chestnut Pr »  cinnamomea —|—/—|]—|- 
The yellow Py » sinensis _ 
The little A »  minuta = 
