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Neilgherries. I have seen it, though rarely, below the Ghats, 

 also in thick forest jungle" (Jerdori) : Kankarjur near Dampara 

 in Dholbhiim {Tickell) : Nepal (Hodgson): Behar (Hodgson): 

 Darjeeling (Webb. Mus. Cale.J : Ceylon (Layard) : a hill species, 

 common at all seasons at Nuwara Elirja and on the Upper Hills : 

 sometimes in the low country (Holdsworth): Assam (Mc ' Gleiland) 

 Arrakan (Bamj. Mus. Cale.) : cot uncommon in the suburbs of 

 Moulmein (Mason, Beavan) ; right bank of Tapeng River 

 (Anderson): Arakan hills: Bassein, Pegu (Blandford) : Pegu 

 Hills, very common (Oates) : Teuasserim, as far south as Tavoy 

 (Hume). 



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By Captain E. A. Butter, H. M.'s 83rd Regiment. 



In compliance with my friend, the Editor's request I have 

 made out a list of all of the birds that I have met with during 

 the two years I have been in this part of the country, and al- 

 though I fear that it is very far from complete^ I still trust 

 that it may prove useful to the readers of Stray Feathers, 

 and give them a good general idea of the Avifauna of Mount 

 Aboo and the plains of Northern Guzerat. 



The tract of plains country, to which my observations refer, 

 lies between Ahmedabad and Mount Aboo via Deesa, a distance 

 of about 140 miles, and consists of a vast sandy plain, for the 

 most part perfectly level, with the exception perhaps of slight 

 undulations, and a few nullahs and river beds. In some parts 

 it is bare and desolate, in others extensively cultivated, with 

 almost every sort of crop. Then again in some places the 

 country is beautifully wooded, and after the rains, when the 

 grass comes up, presents quite a " park-like" appearance. Be- 

 tween Ahmedabad and Sidpoor wide marshes, abounding with 

 almost every kind of waterfowl, occur formed by a long chain 

 of tanks extending for miles on both sides of the road. In 

 many other parts the country is much confined by thick jungle, 

 principally Zizyplms, Acacia and Calotropis. 



The roads and cultivated grounds are generally enclosed with 

 tall hedges of prickly Cactus-like Euphorbia, often 8 feet or 10 

 feet high and 12 feet or 15 feet wide, which afford good cover 

 for game after the crops are cut. , 



The climate is healthy enough, excepting perhaps imme- 

 diately after the rains, duriug which period a good deal of 



