234 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED 
538.—Prinia Hodgsoni, Blyth. 
A specimen of Prinia agrees perfectly with examples from 
Darjiling, these latter are I believe admitted to be identical 
with Hodgsoni, Blyth. In order to make sure, however, I 
have examined Blyth’s type. This, like so many other 
specimens of the old A. S. collection, has plumage of the 
regular museum hue, and_ the specimen being otherwise 
damaged (bill broken), is of but little use for purposes of 
comparison. However I believe that the above identification 
is correct, 
539.—Cisticola schenicola, Bonap. 
The Rufous Grass Warbler occurs occasionally in suitable 
localities in Sambalpur. I never shot it in, nor is it recorded 
from, Chota Nagpur.* One measured in the flesh :— 
3 length, 4”°6 ; extent, 5’-5 ; wing, 1”°8; tail, 1”°4; tarse, 7’"5. 
836 —Kupodotis Edwardsii, Gray. 
To Captain Bowie, Deputy Commissioner of Sambalpur, 
T am indebted for a specimen of the Indian Bustard. It was 
one of a pair which he came across near Burga in the Sam- 
balpur district. So far as I could ascertain, this is the only 
instance of the bird being seen in Sambalpur, but in the 
adjoining district of Raipur, it is said to be occasionally met with. 
On the authority of Captain Bowie I add that the Florican, 
which was only once met with by me in Chota Nagpur, 
occasionally occurs in Sambalpur where several have been 
shot. 
Two birds—which are included in my Addenda, but which 
are decidedly rare in Chota Nagpur, I have since frequently 
met with in Sambalpur and the western parts of Orissa. They 
are Hoplopterus ventralis and Hsacus recurvirostris. The latter 
is particularly abundant in the Brahmini river in Orissa. 
910.—Porzana pygmea, Naum. 
I shot one specimen of the pigmy Rail in Sambalpur. So 
far as | can remember, I have never seen the bird but once 
before, that being in a jheel at the north-east corner of the 
Rajmehal hills. 
988.—Sternula minuta, Linn. 
The little Tern occurs in the Mahanadi river, not only in the 
vicinity of Cuttack, but also some distance up beyond Sam- 
balpur. The furthest point at which I shot it was near 
Padampur—about 200 miles, ina direct line from the sea. — 
* Since the above was written, I have received a specimen from Chota Nagpur. 
