388 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



eventually I never learnt. They do not occur in a wild state 

 about Umballah. 



838. Sypheotides bengalensis. Bengal Florikin. 



I have only met with this bird when out in the Bhootan 

 dooars after Rhinoceros^ when with the 73rd Native Infan- 

 try at Julpigoorie in 1859. Numbers used on these occa- 

 sions to be flushed from thick grass when beaten up by our 

 advancing line of elephants ; and the males in flying showed a 

 good deal of white on the wing. I never met with it elsewhere. 



Otis tetrax^ Linn. Little Bustard. 



This was, I think, originally determined as an Indian species 

 by my friend the late Dr. Scott, who first told Mr. Blyth of its 

 existence at Peshawur (Ibis, 1867, p. 163); he has repeatedly 

 given me the same information, which I am glad to have this 

 opportunity of making public. 



840. CuRsoRius coROMANDELicus. Indian Courier-Plover. 

 Of this species I procured a pair at Lallroo, near Umballah, 

 on the 14th of November, 1866. Dimensions as follows : — 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Spread foot. ''^^JJ^o^J'"^ ^^oL^e"™ Extent. 



A. 8-75 6-75 2375 1-9375 1 -8125 f 1875 19 



B. 9-375 6-125 2-375 2-25 1-125 -875 1-25 21-5 



Two shot at Morar, December 19,1866, measured as follows: — 



Length. Wing. TaU. Tarsus. Spread foot. '^^JJ'o^J^"^ ^^\ ^l^^ Extent. 



A. 9-5 5-75 2-25 2-1875 1-125 1 1-25 20 



B. 9-125 5-375 2-25 2-125 1-0625 -8125 1-125 18-5 



In this bird the legs look as if they had been enamelled or 

 painted white, as though they had been made "beautiful for 

 ever.^^ The species is not uncommon in the cold weather at 

 Umballah, frequenting chiefly ploughed land, in small flocks, 

 but wary and difficult to get near. Seen more abundantly a 

 month later at Morar, near Gwalior, where they frequent the 

 open plain. 



843. Glareola lactea. Small Swallow-Plover. 

 I observed this species in some numbers on 16th February, 

 1864, on the sand-banks of the Damoodah River, on the out- 



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