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apparently of any great extent, nor have 

 they been sufficiently studied to enable us 

 to state with any degree of exactness what 

 they are. 



To the east this species has been ob- 

 tained in Purneah and Nadiya in Bengal, 

 but not commonly, and the 88th degree 

 of east longitude may be considered its 

 eastern limit ; a specimen has occurred 

 as a straggler much farther east, namely 

 at Sandoway on the Burmese coast. 

 From Bengal it ranges along the base of 

 the Himalayas up to the river Jumna, but 

 this bird apparently does not occur beyond 

 this river nor in any part of the Punjab. 

 On the west this Florican occurs rarely in 

 Sind and as a straggler has been observed 

 on the Mekran coast. As for its limits 

 in the south. Dr. Jerdon states that this 

 species is found down to the southern- 

 most districts. Within the large area 

 indicated by the above limits, the Lesser 

 Florican seems to be found in greater or 

 less abundance according as the country 

 is suitable to its habits or not. 



The haunts of the Lesser Florican are 

 extensive plains covered with patches of 

 grass and low jungle and at times corn- 

 fields in which the crops are not too high. 

 Dr. Jerdon writes : — " It feeds chiefly in 



