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one wliich I found was like that of a Lapwing, consisting of 

 a little grass lining a "scoop" in the ground. The eggs 

 were three in number, and measured 430 X 280, 400 x 280, 

 and 410 x 280 mm. respectively. 



The birds were very noisy, and appeared to have much the 

 same actions and flight as the Lapwing. 



-f-150. *HjEMATOPUS ostralegus Linn. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 281 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 114. 



A few seen at Bushire, March 18th. 



151. Larus cachlnnans Pallas. 



Larus arr/entatus Blanf. (nee Gmel.) t. c. p. 290. 



Larus leucophceus Licht. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 115. 



B. Ad. March 14th, Bandar Abbas, Persian Gulf. 



Iris pale straw-coloured, granulated with black ; bill 

 greenish grey streaked with dark brown ; legs and feet 

 very pale creamy flesh-coloured. 



Although this specimen has a dark mantle, the colouring 

 of its soft parts do not altogether correspond with those of 

 the Yellow-legged Herring-Gull. 



152. Larus hemprichi (Bruch) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 292. 

 A. $ ad. March 12th, Maskat. 



This Gull was common in the Persian Gulf in March. 



153. Larus ridibundus Linn.; Blanf. t. c. p. 292. 

 115. S ad. April 6th, Dasht-i-arjan (6700 ft.). 



This specimen is in full summer plumage, and the brown 

 head is of a paler shade than usual. 



Dr. Blanford considered this Gull somewhat uncommon 

 on the Baluchistan coast. 



From April 6th to 13th I found a considerable flock in 

 the marsh near Dasht-i-arjan (6700 ft.), some 100 miles 

 inland, but the birds had left the place on my return there 

 on April 28th. 



-u-154. Sterna anglica Montagu; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 493, 1891, p. 116. 



21. S ad. March 22nd, Bushire. 



The Gull-billed Tern was fairly common at Bushire, 



