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246. Nettapus Coromandelicvs ; Anas girra, Hardwicke and Gray. 

 Ver)'- common. It is remarkable that this bird seems totally inca- 

 pable of standing or walking upon the ground. I have had dozens 

 of them together, unwounded, together with other species, but the 

 girras invariably fluttered along the ground in a strange scuffling 

 manner, like a wounded bird, though I am told they perch with fa- 

 cility on trees. They always descend into the water, never alighting 

 on the ground of their own accord. The A^ affinis, Elliot, is merely 

 the winter plumage of this species, wherein the collar is absent. 



247. Casarca rut'da. Common. 



248. Tudorna BeUonii. Somewhat rare, five or six specimens only 

 appearing in the bazar in the course of a season. 



249. Plectropterus melanotos. Rare, 



250. Anas caryophyllacea. Rare. 



251. A. pcecilorhyncha. Not common. 



252. A. stepera. Tolerably common. 



253. A. acuta. Rather more so. 



254. A. querquedula. Very common. 



255. A. crecca. Not rare. 



256. A. penetope. Rather uncommon. 



257. A. clypeata. Not uncommon. 



258. Fuligula rufina. Not uncommon. 



259. F.ferina. Not common. 



260. F. nyroca. Immense numbers of this species were brought 

 to the bazar during the first cool season, but comparatively very few 

 in the second. 



261. F. cristata. Rather uncommon. 



262. Podiceps minor. Abundant. 



263. Plotus Vaillantii. Not rare. I have kept a living specimen 

 for several months, which is still doing well. 



264. Phalacrocorax Javankus. Common. 



Ph. carbo is, I believe, to be met with ; and I have described a 

 species as Ph. leucotis, which there is reason to infer is found in this 

 neighbourhood. 



265. Pelecanusonocrotalus. The museum contains a fine specimen 

 purchased in the bazar. 



266. P. rnfescens. Not uncommon. 



267. Sterna melanogaster ; St. Javanica, Horsfi.eld. Occasionally 

 met with on the river. 



268. St. seena, Sykes. Now and then obtainable. 



269. St. Caspia. I have seen this noble species on the wing, as 

 before mentioned. 



270. Sterna anglica. I have obtained one pair. 



271. Virulva Indica, Stephens. Tolerably common. 



272. Larus ichthyiuetus ; L. Kroikocephatus, W. Jameson. The 

 museum contains specimens procured in the neighbourhood. 



273. L. brunnicephalus, apud Jerdon. Tolerably common. 



274. L. ridibundus. I have procured one example. 



This list of birds woiild doubtless have been considerably aug- 

 mented, had I devoted my time more exclusively to ornithology, or 



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