168 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



-f-No. 1526. Phalacrocorax carbo. Large Cormorant. 



Pan-kowa, Tal-kowa -f\ 



Fairly common on big j heels and on the Goomti and other 

 rivers. I know nothing of its breeding anywhere round 

 Lucknow. 



No. 1527. ^Phalacrocorax fuscicollis. Indian Shag. 



Apparently very rare here. The only specimen I know 

 of is one (S) obtained by Reid, after he published his 

 " List," which is now in the Museum. 



No. 1528. Phalacrocorax javanicus. Little Cormorant. 



Common and a permanent resident. I have not yet found 

 the nest, though eggs have been sent to me by Mr. S. L. 

 Whymper from the neighbouring district of Bahraich. 



No. 1529. Plotus melanogaster. Indian Darter or 

 Snake-bird. 



A common and permanent resident. 



No. 1541. Ibis melanocephala. White Ibis. 

 Munda, Didhar, Safed Buza [H.]. 



Common on the bigger j heels during the cold weather. 

 I do not know of this species breeding near Lucknow. 



No. 1542. Inocotis papillosus. Black Ibis. 



Bhooja, Buza, Kurkool [H.]. King - Curlew [Anglo- 

 Indian sportsmen]. 



Common and a permanent resident. I have taken its eggs, 

 sea-green, with a few spots and markings of brown, from 

 large stick-nests on palms or tamarinds during July. Three 

 seem to make the full clutch. 



Average of 6 Lucknow eggs 2 - 48'' x l - 69" 



Measurement of largest egg 2 - 50" x 172" 



smallest egg 2-39" x 1*69" 



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This bird is splendid eating. 



4-No. 1544. Plegadis falcinellus. Glossy Ibis. 



Kewari, Chota Buza [H.J. 



According to Reid very common, but of late years seems 

 to have deserted us to a great extent. It is only a cold- 

 weather visitant. 



t Applied to all Cormorants. 



