420 On the Birds of Kittiawar, Western India. 



959. Anas pcecilorhyncha. 



961. Chaulelasmus streperus. 



962. Dafila acuta. 



963. mareca penelope. 



964. querquedula crecca. 

 All very common. 



965. QUERQUEDULA CIRCIA. 



I have shot this species only on the Null 



968. Aythya ferina. 

 Once obtained on the Null. 



969. Aythya nyroca. 

 Common. 



971. FULIGULA CRISTATA. 



Not uncommon. I have shot many in the neighbourhood 

 of Baolee. 



978. Larus fuscescens, Licht. 



(See Blyth, Ibis, 1867, pp. 176, 314.) 



Common on the shores of the Gulf of Kuchh. Back and 

 wings pale brownish grey ; primaries grey, with a blackish 

 band confined to the tip of the innermost primary, but in- 

 creasing in width to the outermost, which is almost entirely 

 blackish brown, with a white spot near the tip. Bill yellow, 

 red at the lower angle; legs and feet yellow. Wing 18*5 

 inches, bill at front 2 - 2. 



980. Xema brunneicephala. 



(See Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xli. p. 256). 



Quills in the adult white, with a black band, narrower on 

 the inner primaries, increasing in width to the outer; the 

 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th primaries are white-tipped, the 3rd has 

 no white tip; the 1st and 2nd have a large subterminal white 

 spot. Wing 13*5 inches. A young bird shot in October has 

 the wing-coverts mottled with brown ; the quills brown, with- 

 out the white subterminal spot, and the tail with a dark 

 brown terminal band, The white of the head and neck is 



