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[I once saw a flock of these far inland on the sandy bed of 

 the " Desang " river at Borhat, where the stream runs through 

 some outlying spurs of the Naga hills. There were about 

 400 birds I should say. On the sands of the " Brahmaputra " 

 I have often seen them. — J, E,. C] 



It is generally distributed in suitable localities (it is rarely 

 found far from large rivers) throughout Arakan, Pegu, and that 

 portion of Tenasserim that lies between the Sittang and 

 Salween, but it has not been observed as yet in any other part 

 of the latter province. 



845.— Charadrius fulvus, Gm, 



Once at the Logtak lake in a water meadow or marsh on 

 the eastern side, I came upon a small flock of these and shot a 

 couple by a lucky hit. I could not get at them, so I moved 

 away to a clump of reeds, and then several men I had left 

 for that purpose gently put them up, and they came straight 

 over me flying only about 20 yards high ; this was the only 

 occasion on which I saw the species in Manipur. 



In Assam, strange to say, the only place from which I have 

 received a specimen is Shillong, What the bird was doing there 

 I cannot guess. 



Godwin- Austen I gather procured it in Sylhet. I never 

 saw it in either this district or Gachar, but Mr. Eden tells 

 me it occurs in enormous numbers in Sylhet, but is scarce in 

 Gachar. I have not at present any further knowledge 

 of its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or Gachar. 



[Far from rare in Dibrugarh, but very locally distributed, 

 sticking to large, open and damp " pathars," During seven 

 years I only bagged about a dozen, as the small parties met 

 were very shy, and I never went expressly after them. The 

 earliest bird shot was on the 20th of September. — J. R. G.] 



It is generally distributed throughout British Burmah 

 during the cold season. 



As far as I can make out Godwin- Austen seems to have 

 procured 846. — jEgialitis geoffroyi, WagL, somewhere in 

 Sylhet. I did not meet with it in Manipur, nor have I any 

 other record of its occurrence in Assam, Sylhet or 

 Gachar. 



This species appears to occur all along the coasts of British 

 Burmah, as far south at any rate as Amherst, below which 

 in Tenasserim we did not meet with it ; but it is not, I think, 

 found anywhere far inland. 



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