278 BIRDS NESTING ON THE EASTERN NARRA. 



all these birds in my collection which I have shot in other parts 

 of Sind, and 1 have no doubt they are all permanent residents 

 in the province ; but many of them I have never met with on 

 the Narra ; and, as my paper only professes to give a list either 

 of the birds whose eggs I have actually collected in this dis- 

 trict, or of those of which I have every reason to believe do 

 breed here, I regret I cannot add all lie has pointed out- Some 

 however I can. These I now proceed to give a list of, as well 

 as some other species which I have discovered during the last 

 twelve months. 



First of all, as pointed out by Captain Butler — . 

 761. — C. brachydactyla, should be expunged from my list, and 

 the following birds added : — 

 265. — Tephrodornis pondicerianus, Gm. Nest and young, 25th 



June. 

 292. — Leucocerca aureola, VieilL Three fresh eggs, 4th July. 

 530. — Othotomus sutorius, Forst. Eggs not collected. 

 762 ter. — Alaudula adamsi, Hume. Not properly identified. 

 830. — Coturnix coromandelica, Gm. Ecrgs not collected. 



Thirty species were entered in my former list in italics> as 

 being birds, which I believed to breed on the Narra, but of 

 which I had not obtained eggs. I have, during the last twelve 

 months, obtained eggs of eleven out of these thirty species. 

 They are as follows : — 

 16. — Falco chiquera, Daud., 16th April. 

 55.— Haliastur indus, Bodd., 4th April. 

 100.— Cypsellus affinis, J. E. Gr., 22ud June. 

 118.— Merops philippinus, Lin., 15th July. 

 158. — Picus sindianus, Gould., 2nd April. 

 385. — Pyctoris sinensis, Gm., 10th July. 

 760.— Pyrrhulauda grisea, Scop., 28th August. 

 760 bis. — Pyrrhulauda melanauchen, Cab., 10th September. 

 933. — Arde'tta cinnamomea, Gm., 3rd August. 

 975. — Podiceps minor, Gm., 8th July. 

 985. — Sterna seena, Sykes, 10th August. 



In addition to the above, I have, of the following birds, not 

 included in my original list, either taken the eggs, or acquired 

 reasonable grounds for believing that they breed on the Narra. 

 Those entered in italics represent the latter: — 

 120.— Merops persicus, Pall., July, August. 

 515. — Acrocephalus stentorius, Hemp, and Ehr., August. 

 553.— Hypolais rama, Sykes, March, June. 

 583 bis.— Sylvia nana, Hemp, and Ehr., September. 

 709.— Passer pyrrhonotus, Ely., August. 

 770. — Certhilauda desertorum, Sianl., June. 

 837.— Houbara macqueeni, J. E. Gr. and Hardw., May, June. 

 893.— Tringoides hypoleucus, Lin., June, July. 



