160 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



No. 1428. Metopidius indicus. Bronze-winged Jacana. 



The Bronze- winged Jacana is less common on the big 

 jheels than it used to be before so much of the land was 

 drained. It breeds at Mohanlalganj, where I once found its 

 nest — merely a mass of teased-out water-weeds — at the end 

 of July. The three eggs on this occasion were fresh, of a 

 beautiful bronze-yellow, thickly scrawled over with black 

 lines, and were highly glossy. They measured 1 # 43" X '§§", 

 P43" X -99", 1*45" X -99" respectively. 



No. 1429. Hydrophasianus chirurgus. Pheasant-tailed 

 Jacana. 



Thil-Moorgah [II.]. Golden-headed Coot [Martiniere 

 boys] . 



Very common and a permanent resident. In its handsome 

 breeding-plumage it is so different from what it is in its 

 winter garb that, to the unobservant, it might seem a distinct 

 species. The cry is like the mewing of a cat. It breeds 

 in July and August, making a nest of weeds, and laying 

 four pegtop-shaped, glossy-olive or bronze-green eggs. Like 

 those of the preceding species, they are usually more or 

 less in the water. One clutch in my possession, of a par- 

 ticularly elongated form, is dirty green, faintly spotted and 

 speckled with greenish brown, and not nearly so glossy as 

 usual. 



Average of 13 Lucknow eggs 1-46" x 1*08" 



Measurement of largest egg 1"54" X TOS" 



„ smallest egg 1-36" x l'Ol" 



-+- No. 1430. *Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. 



In the Provincial Museum are four skins marked u Luck- 

 now. " There are no further details, and, as the bird is not 

 mentioned by Keid in his list, I enter it very doubtfully. 



No. 1131. Sarcogrammus indicus. Red-wattled Lap- 

 wing. 



Titiri* [H.]. "Bid-you-do-it" [Anglo-Indian] ; Stone- 

 Plover [Martiniere boys]. 



Common and widely spread over the Division, but rarely 

 found in any numbers. I have only taken the eggs on two 

 or three occasions. A scraping in the ground with a fringe 

 * Generally used for all the Plovers. 



