230 Contfibuilons to the OrnUholog?/ of India, Sfc. 



these ill the flesh ; I found that there was no constant difference in 

 the size of the sexes ; there were equally large males and large 

 females. The following are the dimensions : 



Length, 8-5 to 9'25j expanse, 17*5 to 19; tail from vent, 2-2 

 to 2'5 ; wing, 5'4 to 5*95 ; bill at front, 0"95 to 1*05 j tarsus, 

 1'5 to 1'65; wings, when closed, reach from within 0'15 of, 

 to quite to, the and of tail; weight, 2 "7 to 3 oz. Legs, greenish 

 grey, or pale olive; feet, dusky or blackish ; bill, black ; irides, 

 brown. 



847- — Cirrepidesmus mongolicus, Pall. 



This species was found in the Kurrachee Harbour in vast num- 

 bers and also in various localities along the Mekran Coast. Only 

 one specimen shot at Korebut, on the 15th February, exhibits 

 any traces, and t^.ese only the very faintest, of the summer 

 plumage ; of these too, I measured many in the flesh, and could 

 detect no constant difference in the size of the sexes. The di- 

 mensions were, length, 7*25 to 8; expanse, 15'75 to 16'25; 

 tail from vent, 1'9 to 2-3 ; wing, 4'8 to 5 ; bill at front, 0-66 to 

 0-71; tarsus, 1-27 to 1-39; weight, 1*7 to 1-9 ozs. Legs dusky 

 plumbeous, greenish dusky, or olive green ; bill, black ; irides, 

 brown. 



848.— -^gialopMlns cantianns. Lath. 



We met with this species all along the banks of the larger 

 rivers both in the Punjab and Sindh ; occasionally in some of 

 the inland waters of Sindh, and commonly in the Kurrachee 

 Harbour and along the Mekran Coast. One specimen killed on 

 the 6th February, had nearly assumed the summer plumage; 

 the lore streak and ear coverts were black ; the large patch on 

 either side of the breast black; the crescent on the forehead 

 above the white frontal band, black; and the crown, occiput, 

 and nape strongly tinged with rufous. Specimens measured in 

 the flesh, gave the following dimensions — length, 6*5 to 6'8; 

 expanse, 13 to 14; tail from vent, 1-9 to 2*1; wing, 4*1 to 

 nearly 4*5; bill at front, 0*55 to 0*65; tarsus, 1*1 to 1*2; 

 weight, 1*2 to 1*4 oz. 



849. — .^giatitis fluviatilis, Beclist ; equals, ac- 

 cording to Mr, Gray, curonicus, Besch. 



More common than the last species, but found in the same lo- 

 calities ; may always be distinguished from the preceding by 

 its slenderer head, and by having the shafts of all the jDrima- 

 ries but the first brown, whereas in the three preceding species, the 

 shafts of all the primaries are white. I shot a specimen of this 



