Birds of Luc know. 167 



breeding on a sandbank in the Gogra at Fyzabad in company 

 with other Terns, Skimmers, and Swallow-Plovers. 



Average of 9 Fyzabad eggs I'21"x0'91" 



Measurement of largest egg F33" x0 - 92" 



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smallest egg- 1*17" X 0*91' 



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No. 1517. Rhynchops albicollis. Indian Skimmer or 

 Scissor-bill. 



Panchira [H.]. 



A permanent resident, common on the big rivers, and occa- 

 sionally seen on the Goomti. I have taken its eggs, three 

 or four in a clutch, on the sandbanks of the Gogra and 

 Ganges in April. 



Average of 15 Fyzabad eggs l"(51"x 1*16" 



Measurement of largest egg T72" x 1"17" 



,, smallest egg 1"56" x 1"15" 



No. 15.20. Pelecanus roseus. Eastern White Pelican. 

 Fairly common on the big jheels and rivers in the cold 

 weather, and, according to Irby, in the "rains." 



No. 1521. ^Pelecanus onocrotalus. White Pelican. 



In the cold weather of 1899-1900 Mr. Marlboro Crosse, 

 of the Educational Department, procured a specimen for 

 me in the District, and there is also a skin (juv.) in the 

 Museum. 



No. 1522. Pelecanus crispus. Dalmatian Pelican. 



Mr. Keid wrote : — " The Dalmatian Pelican is represented 

 in the Museum by, I suppose, locally-purchased specimens, 

 and Mr. Hume lias obtained it from near Fyzabad. There 

 can, therefore, be little doubt that it occurs in the Division, 

 at any rate on the Gogra — a river very much frequented by 

 Pelicans/' I cannot find these skins. 



No. 1523. Pelecanus philippensis. Spotted-billed Pelican. 

 Chota Howasal, Talasind [H.]. 



Common, particularly during the "rains" and early cold 

 weather, on the bigger jheels and rivers. 



