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969. — Fuligula nyroca, Quid. The White-eyed 

 Pochard. 



Cold weather visitant. Not common, but occurs sparingly 

 throughout the region. Mr. Vidal has only once noticed it in 

 Ratnagiri. I have procured it myself near Belgaum and near 

 Poona. Jerdon remarks, (i common in Northern and Central 

 India, less so in the south." 



971. — Fuligula cristata, Lin. The Tufted Pochard. 



Cold weather visitant. According to Messrs. Wenden and 

 Davidson it is fairly common in the Deccan, and Mr. Vidal 

 records it from Chiplun in Ratnagiri, but I should say, as a 

 rule, that it was rare. I shot it occasionally about Poona and 

 Belgaum. Jerdon says, " very common in Central and South- 

 ern India." 



975. — Podiceps minor, Gm. The Little Grebe or 

 Dabchick. 



Common throughout the region in the rains and cold weather; 

 breeding in the monsoon. 



978 ter— Larus affinis, Beinh. The Slatey Herring 

 Gull. 



Cold weather visitant. Occurs sparingly along the Coast. 

 Probably it was this species that Dr. Jerdon obtained at Jalna 

 in the Deccan and not L. fusctts, the occurrence of which in 

 India seems to be very doubtful. 



979.—Larus ichthyaetus, Pall. The Large Black- 

 headed Gull. 



Cold weather visitant. Occurs sparingly along the Coast. 



980.— Larus brunneicephalus, Jerd. The Brown- 

 headed Gull. 



Cold weather visitant. Common along the Coast. 



981.— Larus ridibundus, Lin. The Laughing Gull. 



Cold weather visitant. Not uncommon along the Coast. 



981 ter.— Larus hemprichi, Bonap. The Sooty Gull. 



Cold weather visitant. Rare. Mr. Hume observed it in the 

 Bombay harbour. I have no other record of its occurrence 

 throughout the region, even the northern portions of whose 

 coasts are almost outside its normal range. 



982.— Sterna caspia, Pall. The Caspian Tern. 



Cold weather visitant. Rare. Mr. Hume observed it in the 

 Bombay harbour. I have no other record of its occurrence 



