STRAY FEATHERS. 



Vol. VII] DECEMBER 1878. [Nos. 3-4.*-.T 



§lU last fotes on tlje S&tfauna of Sinlr. 



By Captain E. A. Butler. 



Numerous papers have appeared in this Journal of late 

 years on the birds of Sind, and I too, in the period during- which 

 I have been quartered in this province, have endeavoured to 

 contribute my mite towards a more perfect knowledge of its 

 Avifauna. I am now about to leave the province, most pro- 

 bably for ever, and I wish, before taking my departure, to put on 

 record some few further facts which may be useful to 

 ornithologists who may hereafter work over this same ground. 



I propose to divide my remarks into three sections : — 



1st. — In regard to species not yet entered in preceding 

 lists. 



2nd. — Additional notes in regard to species already record- 

 ed. 



3rd. — In regard to species which I have recently found 

 breeding on the E. Narra. 



1st Section. 

 Birds not included in previous lists. 



Although so many papers have appeared in regard to this 

 subject, I need only refer here to three, viz. } the Editor's lists, 

 Vol. I., p. 148, and Vol. V., p. 328, and Mr. Murray's list. 

 Vol. VII., p. 113. 



These three lists comprise a total of 358 species, and I have 

 to add to them the following 13 species not included in either 

 of these lists (though two of these, the Woodcock aud the 

 Swan, have already been referred to as occurring in Sind in 

 other papers by myself, Mr. Blanford and the Editor), thus 

 making a graud-total of 371 species, or excising, as I 



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