Birds of Kattiaivar, Western India. 419 



929. BUPHUS COROMANDUS. 



Very common. 



930. Ardeola leucoptera. 

 Common. 



937. Nycticorax griseus. 

 Common. 



938. Tantalus leucocephalus. 

 Very common. 



939. Platalea leucorodia. 



Not uncommon. At the village of Warodea, a few miles 

 west of Limree, is a small tank much frequented by Spoon- 

 bills ; and I have often watched them sitting on a particular 

 tree, balancing themselves awkwardly on the branches and 

 keeping up a curious creaking noise, quite unlike the note of 

 a bird. 



941. Threskiornis melanocephalus. 

 Not uncommon. 



942. Geronticus papillosus. 

 Common. 



943. Falcinellus igneus. 



Common on all the large lakes, and met with at such of 

 the small tanks as were overgrown with rushes or weeds. 



944. Pho^nicopterus antiquorum. 



Immense flocks are to be seen on all the large lakes and 

 also on the coast. 



950. Sarkidiornis melanonotus. 

 Common. 



951. Nettapus coromandelianus. 



I obtained this species on the lake at Bullol, east of Limree. 



952. Dendrocygna ausuree. 

 Not common. 



954. Casarca rutila. 

 Not common. 



957. Spatula clypeata. 



