74 Mr. P. W. Munn on the Birds 



found on running water. They usually arrive in September 

 and remain as late as the end of April ; but I shot the male 

 bird of a pair in breeding plumage on July 26^ 1891^ on a 

 sandbank opposite Titaghur. 



137. ToTANUs GLAREOLA. (Wood Sandpiper.) 

 Exceedingly plentiful during the cold season, especially 



on its first arrival in August, when it occurs in large flocks 

 in the wet paddy-fields ; as the water dries up and the 

 country becomes parched they become scarcer, but a good 

 many remain even into the middle of April. 



138. Helodromas ochropus. (Green Sandpiper.) 



A winter visitor, but never occurs in large numbers, and 

 always found solitary or in pairs, usually on the edges of 

 small tanks, more rarely in jheels and paddy-fields, and not 

 unfrequently on the edges of streams. 



139. Metopidius indicus. (Bronze-winged Jacana.) 

 Resident and abundant, especially in the larger jheels; 



in many of the smaller ones they remain until the water 

 has almost entirely dried up, before leaving them for other 

 quarters. They are seldom met with on the smaller tanks. 

 If surprised in open water, they often seek safety by diving, 

 and will remain under water for some time, with only the 

 head above the surface, but they do not appear to swim 

 under water. 



140. Hydrophasianus chirurgus. (Pheasant - tailed 

 Jacana.) 



Uncommon, resident. During the rainy season of 1891 a 

 pair established themselves on a ditch at the side of the 

 E. B. S. Railway, between Belghurriah and Dum Dum 

 stations ; but, with this exception, I have never met Avith 

 them anyw^here except on the larger secluded jheels, which 

 do not dry up during the hot season. 



141. TuRNix TAiGOOR. (Bustard-Quail.) 



Common, universally distributed, and resident, found alike 

 in wet and dry situations. I have several times, when snipe- 

 shooting, had a "right and left" at a Snipe and a Bustard- 



