THE GAME BIRDS OP INDIA. 491 



extend into the Meerut district, but 1 believe such to be the 

 case j and certainly a bird is to be occasionally seen during the 

 rains in the Saharunpore district^ east of Deobund. 



" In this district (Mozuffernuggur) they are to be found all 

 the year round, and one was caught alive here some years ago 

 for Mr. Craigie Halket by some bahelias. 



" The Bustard I saw yesterday, I flushed within a quarter 

 of a mile of the Grand Trunk Road, (Meerut to Roorkee) on 

 some bhoor land close to a police outpost. 



"In 1871, I was in the Mirzapore district. I was told by 

 natives, and also I think by Mr. Pollock, c.s., that both Bus- 

 tard and Florican were to be found some miles from the station, 

 along the great Deccan road. 



"W. Ward Smith, an Assistant Engineer, D. P. W., 

 stationed here tells me he frequently sees Bustard about Jo w lee 

 in the Mozuffernuggur district." 



F. W. Butler. 



Mozuffernuggur, October 2bth, 1879. 



*' I do not know why the Bustard should not be found in 

 Rewah, for it is, or used to be, exceedingly common all round 

 Nagode. 



" I cannot say whether any of the Bustard, found there 

 during the cold season, migrate from Mysore ; but some, 

 at all events, breed here, as in the Tumkur district, to my 

 certain knowledge, and I believe in other districts too.'' 



Charles McInroy, Major. 



HOONSOOR. 



The Lesser Florican or Likh. (Vol. I., pp. 33 et seq.) — 



" At page 36 you say, quoting Mr. Davidson, ' Florican are 

 found sparingly in Mysore, &c/ 



'' I think I am within the mark when I say that near Mallur, 

 — a station on the Bangalore and Madras line of rail, and 25 

 miles from Bangalore — thirty birds were shot in one day by two 

 officers of the Forest Department. Several good bags have 

 been made in that neighbourhood. Florican are pretty 

 numerous throughout East Mysore, but, for some reason which 

 I cannot divine, are not nearly so much so in the western 

 division of the Province. 



