Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 395 



892. AcTiTis ocHROPUS. Green Sandpiper. 



A very abundant bird in India, and found almost everywhere. 

 I have shot it several times at Barrackpore and Julpigoorie in 

 Bengal, and at Umballah, whence I have noted a specimen 

 which was killed on the 30th of October 1866, and measured : 

 — Length 9*5 ; wing 5*625 ; tail 2'5 ; tarsus 1"375 ; spread 

 of foot 1'625 ; extent 17*5; bill, from front 1-375, from 

 gape 1*5. 



893. AcTiTis HYPOLEucus. Commou Sandpiper. 



Not so common as the preceding species. A specimen killed 

 at Umballah, October 30, 1866, is in length 7*625 ; wing 4*25 ; 

 tail 2*125; tarsus '9375; spread of foot, including hind toe, 

 1*25; bill, from front '9375, from gape 1 ; extent 13. 



894. ToTANUS GLOTTIS. Grecushanks. 



898. HiMANTOPUS CANDIDUS. Stilt. 



Both these species are noted by the late Dr. Scott as having 

 been procured by him at Umballah, and the specimens sent to 

 the Natural-History Society of Montrose. 



900. Metopidius indicus. Bronze-winged Jacana, 

 Procured by me in the Maunbhoom district in 1864, where I 



found it inhabiting a small tank near a village. It was abundant 

 also about Julpigoorie. 



901. Hydrophasianus cHiRURGUs. Pheasant-tailed Jacana. 

 Noticed by me abundantly in a "jheel^^ at Rungpore, and 



also, to the best of my recollection, at Berhampore, near Moor- 

 shedabad — both in Bengal. 



902. PoRPHYRio POLiocEPHALUs. Purple Coot. 

 Procured by me at the Burthee bheel, a large piece of water 



to the north-east of Barrackpore, when 1 first went out to 

 India in 1858. Since then I have frequently met with this 

 species in Bengal. 



has suggested that the birds indicated were of the species meutioiied 

 iu the text. If so, its range is much more westward tlniii lias been 

 hitherto thought. — Ed.] 



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