326 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUR, 



This species is common in Tenasserim, less so in Arakan and 

 Lower Pegu, and decidedly scarce in Upper Pegu. 



898— Himantopus candidus, Bonn. 



I saw a small flock of these for the first time on the 11th of 

 March in a flooded meadow near Booree Bazar, and then again 

 I found a few small parties hanging about the Logtak lake ; 

 but these were the only localities in which I met with it in 

 Manipur. 



I did not notice it myself in either Sylhet or Cachar, nor 

 have I any record of its occurrence in either of these or in the 

 valley of Assam ; but from his second list I gather that 

 God win -Austen probably procured it in Northern Sylhet. 



It is tolerably common in Arakan and Lower Pegu, scarcer in 

 Upper Pegu, and only found in Tenasserim in the extreme north 

 and in the country lying between the Sittang and Salweeu. 



900. — Parra indica, Lath. 



This species is very common in the Manipur basin, and is to 

 be seen about almost every single piece of water, big or little. 



I observed it in many parts of Sylhet, and saw it near 

 Silchar. I have also received it from N.-E. Cachar, and from 

 several places in the Dibrugarh district, but I have no further 

 knowledge of its distribution in Assam. 



[Fairly common in Dibrugarh in suitable localities, and 

 a permanent resident. — J. R. C.] 



This species is common in Arakan, Pegu and Tenasserim to 

 as far south as Amherst or a little further ; below Tavoy it 

 does not occur. 



901.— Hydrophasianus chirurgus, Scop. 



This species was seen occasionally in Manipur, but was not 

 nearly so commom as the last. 



I have received it from N.-E. Cachar, and myself observed it 

 in Sylhet in several places. I have no record as yet of its 

 occurrence in any part of Assam. 



It is generally, but rather sparingly, distributed in Arakan 

 and Pegu, but in Tenasserim it only occurs in the extreme 

 north and in the tract between the Sittang and the Salween. 



902.— Porphjrrio poliocephalus, Lath. 



Occasionally seen about the swamps and jheels of the basin, 

 but extraordinarily numerous about the Logtak lake, where 



