FURREEDPORE, EASTERN BENGAL. 303 



4*0; at front, 3*60 to 4*0; closed wings fall short of end of 

 tail, 0-42 to 1-0 ; weight, 10*12 to 10*5 ozs. Irides dark 

 brown ; legs blackish ; bill basal half, reddish ; rest dusky 

 brown. 



March 1878, Females.— Expanse, 25*50 to 27*0 ; wing, 7*50 

 to 5>83 ; tail, 3*0 to 3*25 ; tarsus, 2*75 to 3-08 ; bill from gape, 

 3-40 to 4-39 ; at front, 3-25 to 4*42 ; closed wings fall short of 

 end of tail, 0*37 to 1-25 ; weight, 8-62 to 12*12 ozs. 



To the south of my factory was a large expanse of paddy 

 field, in the centre of which was a sheet of water of about 20 

 acres in extent ; in the hot weather the water was reduced to 

 about 18 inches in depth, and this place for the latter half of 

 March used to swarm with these birds. From about 9 to 2 in 

 the day, the whole of the birds used to go away somewhere, 

 evidently to feed. They used to allow me to approach within 

 gunshot, and on the report of a guu would fly to the other 

 end of the " beel/' when they could not be so easily shot. By 

 the beginning of April not a bird was to be seen. 



885.— Actodromas temminckii, Leisl. 



Males. — Length, 6* to 6*25 ; expanse, 11*25 to 11-50 ; wing, 

 3-58 to 3*62; tail, 1*83 to 2*0; tarsus, 0"60 to 0*66; bill from 

 gape, 0*66 to 0'68 ; at front, 0*66 to 0-68 ; closed wings fall 

 short of end of tail, 0-16 to 0*86 ; weight, 0-87 to 1*12 oz. 

 Legs greenish ; bill base greenish ; rest black. 



Females. — Length, 6*10 to 6*30; expanse, 11*50; wing, 3*66 

 to 3*83; tail, 2-0 to 2*25; tarsus, 0*66; bill from gape, 0*66 

 to 0*70 ; at front, 0*64 to 0*66 ; weight, 0-62 oz. 



Common in every pool of water and along the banks of 

 rivers and creeks. This is one of the earliest arrivals among the 

 cold weather visitants. 



891.— Rhyacophilus glareola, Lin. 



Males.— Length, 8*20 to 90; expanse, 15*0 to 15*25 ; wing, 

 4*75 to 4*92 ; tail, 2*0 to 2*25 ; tarsus, 1*42 to 1*50 ; bill from 

 gape, 1*22 to 1*25; at front, 1*08 to M2 ; closed wings fall 

 short of end of tail, 0*33 to 0*42; weight, 2*12 ozs. Legs 

 greenish brown. 



Very common in every pool, creek, and river ; when flushed, 

 utters its loud note. 



892.-— Totanus ochrophus, Lin. 



30th March 1878, Male.— Expanse, 17*0; wing, 5*46; tail, 

 2*50 ; tarsus, 1*33 ; bill from gape, 1*42 ; at front, 1*30; weight, 

 2*62 ozs. Legs greenish. 



Rather common in the cold weather in suitable places. 



