Notes on the Birds of the Samhhur Lake 8f its vicinity. 397 



feathers have spots of lig-ht brown on the outer web near the tip, 

 and the longest feathers of the upper tail coverts have a pale- 

 brown round spot near the tip. 



893.— Tringoides hypoleucos, L. 



Verj rare. I have obtained only one specimen. 



894. — Totanus canescens, Gmel. 



Very rare. I shot a female 4th May 1873, changing- into the 

 summer plumage. 



896. — Totanus fuscus, L. 



Not very common. Upper tail coverts banded brown and 

 white. In one specimen that I have, the central tail-feathers 

 are nearly the uniform dark-grey Jerdon describes, but they 

 show traces of bands, and in other specimens these feathers 

 are distinctly banded with dark-brown and dusky-brown. 



897. — Totanus calidris, L. 



This species is sparingly met with during the cold weather. 



898.— Himant opus intermedius, Bhjtli. 



Immense flocks of this bird frequent the lake from the com- 

 mencement of the rains till the beginning of the hot weather, 

 and a few stragglers are to be found now and then about the 

 fresh-water ponds during the summer months. In young stilts 

 the interscapulars vary in color from a light to a dark shade 

 of brown. Extent from 37'4 to 28'8. Legs and feet, red. 



899. — Recurvirostra avocetta, L, 



This species is rare about the lake. During last rains, I ob- 

 tained four specimens from the Sambhur side and one from the 

 Nawa Goodha side of the lake. The last bird was shot on the 

 3rd March 1873. Since that time I shot a specimen on 9th 

 April. Male, length, 17*9; expanse, 29'3; wing, 6; tarsus, 

 3'2; bill, 3"9 ; tail, from vent, 3*7; irides, reddish-brown. 



901. — Hydrophasianus Chirurgus, Scop. 



1 have only observed one specimen of this bird here. It was 

 in full summer plumage. Shot 5th June 1873. 



903.— Fulica atra, L. 



This species is somewhat rare, but it is now and then seen 

 on the ponds and about the open' wells. 



904. — Gallicrex cristata, Latham. 



I have observed this species only once here. On the 23rd 

 June 1873 I found a female skulking amongst some reeds in an 



