SYPHEOTIS AUBITA 199 



SYPHEOTIS AURITA. 

 THE LESSER FLORICAN OR LIKII. 



? Otis indica, Gm. Sijst. Nat. i, p. 725 ; Lath. Ltd. Orn. ii, p. 661 

 Oates, Cat. Egcjs B. M. ii, p. 87 ; Sharpc, Hand-L. i, p. 175. 



Otis aurita, Lath. Lnd. Orn. ii, p. 660. 



Otis marmorata, Graij £ Hardiv. Li. Orn. i, pi. 60. 



Sypheotides aurita, Less. Bev. Zool. 1839, p. 17 ; Bhjth, Cat. p. 269 

 Jerdon, B. of Lid. iii, p. 619 ; King, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, Part 2, p. 216 

 MacMaster, ibid, xl. Part 2, p. 215; fitoUczka, ibid, xii, Part 2 

 p. 250 ; Gould, B. of Asia, vii, pi. 57 ; Hume, S. F. i, pp. 136, 228 

 Adam, ibid. p. 393 ; id. ibid, ii, p. 339 ; Ball, ibid. p. 428 ; Le Mess 

 ibid, iii, p. 379 ; Blyth, B. of Burin, p. 152 ; Butler, S. F. iv, p. 10 

 Fairb. ibid. pp. 262, 266 ; Butler, ibid, v, p. 231 ; Ball, ibid. p. 419 

 Huvie d- Marsh. Game-B. i, p. 34 ; iii, p. 425 ; Hnmc, Cat. No. 839 

 id. S. F. viii, p. Ill; MacLnroy, ibid. p. 491; Butler, Cat. Birds of 

 Sind, etc. p. 56 ; id. Cat. B. S. Bom. Pres. p. 71 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, 

 p. 77; Davidson, ibid, x, p. 318; Hume, ibid. p. 412; Barnes, B. 

 of Bom. p. 322 ; Murray, Vert. Fauna Sind, p. 220 ; Barnes, 

 J. B. N. H. S. i, p. 57; id. ibid, vi, p. 13; Laurie, ibid. p. 94; 

 Littledale, ibid. p. 199 ; Davidson, ibid, xii, p. 64 ; Deiuar, ibid, xvi, 

 p. 495, 



Eupoditis aurita, Gray, Cat. M. B. Nepal Pres. Hodgson, p. 130 ; id. 

 Hand-B. B. iii, p. 9. 



Sypheotis aurita, Hume, Nests d- Eggs, hid. B. p. 561 ; Oates, 2nd Edit. 

 ibid, iii, p. 380 ; Blanford, Avifauna B. I., iv, p. 198 ; Sliarpe, Cat. 

 B. M. xxiii, p. 313 ; id. Oates, Game-B. i, p. 419 ; Finn, Li. Waders, 

 p. 125 ; Symons, J. B. N. H. S. xix, p. 261 ; B. K. ibid. p. 995 ; 

 Stuart Baker, ibid, xxi, p. 721 (1912) ; O'Donel, ibid, xxii, p. 201 

 (1913) ; Kinnear, ibid, xxii, p. 202 (1913) ; Whistler, ibid, xxiii, 

 p. 581 (1914) ; Kijle-Fellou-es, ibid, xxvi, p. 289 (1915) ; Marryal, 

 ibid, xxvi, p. 674 (1919). 



Vernacular Names. Ker-mor, Guzerat ; Sun-mor, Deccan and Marathi 

 districts ; Chini-mor, Belgaum ; Khartitar, Bheels ; Likh, Chota 

 Charal,'N.'W. Provinces; Charas, Chulla Charas, Southern India; 

 Kannoid, Kanarese ; Niala niniili, Telugu ; Wurragu Koli, Tamil ; 

 Bursali or Kala Tiigder, Eohtak, Gurgaon. 



Description. Adult Male. — Whole head and neck, including ear- 

 plumes glossy black; chin and centre of upper throat pure white, 

 liemainder of underparts black ; the breast, like the head and neck, 



