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examination I noticed that it lacked the eye-band of R. indicus, 

 so I sent it to Mr. Finn, of Calcutta, who kindly examined 

 it for me, and confirmed my surmise that it belonged to 

 this species. Except this specimen, I can find no record of 

 either this species or of R. indicus occurring in Lucknow, 

 though I fancy that the latter has been overlooked and will 

 be found eventually." 



No. 1392. ^Porzana parva. Little Crake. 

 There is a skin of an adult $ in the Lucknow Museum, 

 obtained locally by lleid. 



No. 1393. Porzana pusilla. Eastern Bullion's Crake. 



Fairly common on all the big jheels during the cold 

 weather. It swims well, and may be seen, sometimes in 

 small parties, paddling about amongst the lotus and jerking its 

 tail. The peculiar marks on the back, rump, and scapulars 

 are very conspicuous. 



No. 1394. Porzana maruetta. Spotted Crake. 



Seems to be far from common, but, as it is chiefly found 

 in rice-fields or in patches of rushy grass bordering jheels, 

 and is very difficult to flush, it is quite possible that it is less 

 scarce than it appears to be. It is only a cold-weather 

 visitor. 



No. 1401. Amaurornis phcenicurus. White-breasted 

 Water-hen. 



Kinati, Ban-Murghi [H.]. 



A permanent resident. A pair or two may be found about 

 every village tank, provided it be fringed with bushes or 

 bamboos. It breeds in the rains, from June to August, making 

 a nest of rushes, grass, or straw, and laying sometimes as 

 many as seven eggs. I have found the fabric on the branch 

 of a tree overhanging the water or up a date-palm, and once 

 in a boat-house near the Chutter Munzil. The eggs are 

 pinkish white, spotted and sprinkled with red, purple, and 

 brown, and measure V77" X l'lS", ]*79"x 1*16" and \*77" 

 x 1-09". 



Reid fancied that A. akool and A. fuscus also occurred 

 here, but I have not yet met with either. 



