72 Mr. P. W. Munn on the Birds 



once "wild, wlien the male of a pair was shot on February 15, 

 1891, on a small tank near Titaghur. 



122. Sarcidiobnis melanonotus. (Comb Duck.) 

 Solitary individuals are occasionally noticed on the river, 



but principally towards the end of the rains. 



123. Anas boscas. (Wild Duck.) 



124. Anas strepera. (Gadwall.) 



125. Spatula CLYPEATA. (Shoveller.) 



126. QuERQUEDULA CRECCA. (Teal.) 



127. FuLiGULA NYROCA. (White-cycd Duck.) 



128. FuLiGULA CRisTATA. (Tufted Duck.) 



Close to Titaghur, Ducks of any sort are rarely met with, 

 but in January 1891, in a jheel about five miles to the east- 

 ward, towards Baraset, we found a flock of two or three 

 hundred Ducks of all sorts, among some tall reeds growing 

 in deep water in the middle of the jheel. Among the Ducks 

 the above-named species were identified, but specimens only 

 of F. nyroca and A. strepera were procured. 



129. tEgialitis curonica. (Little Ringed Plover.) 

 Fairly plentiful on the sandbanks and shores of the Hooghly 



in the cold season ; at the end of July 1891 I saw several 

 on the sandbank opposite Titaghur. 



130. LoBivANELLLis iNDicus. (Rcd-wattlcd Lapwing.) 

 Resident, but not plentiful, and found only in and around 



the larger jheels, collecting into small flocks in winter. 



131. Strepsilas interpres. (Turnstone.) 



On October 5, 1890, I flushed one at Mogra, on the E. I. 

 Railway, in a wet paddy-field, when out snipe-shooting. 



132. Gallinago sthenura. (Pintail Snipe.) 



133. Gallinago ccelestis. (Fantail or Common Snipe.) 

 Very abundant in the cold season, and generally distri- 

 buted at the beginning of the season, though, as the country 

 begins to dry up, they naturally become more local, congre- 

 gating in localities where water still remains. 



The first arrivals come in August, the earliest date when I 

 have seen one being August 18; but the great bulk arrive in 



