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spotted with black — moreover all round the neck, and on breast 

 (outside the patch) and abdomen there is more black than in 

 any pictus that I have seen. 



On the other hand, the bird is more of the pictus than of the 

 vulgaris type, and has the lores, (below the dark line) cheeks, 

 ear-coverts and the broad stripe over eyes and down the sides 

 of the neck, the same uniform bright rufous fawn that pictus 

 has ; the upper back as in pictus, and generally though differing 

 in the particulars above referred to, the whole plumage is of the 

 pictus type. — A. 0. H.] 



[850 — iEgialitis minutus, Pall, apud Jerd. 



I found specimens of this amongst Captain Butler's Deesa 

 Birds.— A. 0. H.] 



861. — Dromas ardeola, Poyh. 



I shot a beautiful specimen of the Crab Plover this year at 

 Mandavee on the 25th January. It was flying along one of 

 the creeks at low tide when I first saw it, and passed me within 

 easy shot. After flying a short distance it settled by the water 

 side aud allowed me to approach along the bare sand to within 

 20 yards without showing the slightest signs of alarm. On the 

 wing it reminds one of the Jacanas, flying with its legs stretch- 

 ed out behind, much in the same style as Metopodius indlcus. 

 It is the only specimen I observed, although I remained at 

 Mandavee seven or eight days. 



862.— Haematopus ostralegus, Lin. 



I see Mr. Hume mentions the Oyster Catcher, Vol. IV. p, 496, 

 as found along the coasts of Cutch and Kattywar. This is 

 another of the birds I found plentiful at Mandavee in the cold 

 weather. At low tide auy number of them may be seen dotted 

 about on the mud banks amongst the numerous other waders. 



870.— Gallinago stenura, Temm. 



The Pin-tail Snipe, so far as my experience goes, is not very 

 common. I shot one on the 24th August 1876, at Mil ana, 18 

 miles S. E. of Deesa and obtained a few others later on in the 

 season between Deesa and Ahmedabad. I have carefully 

 perused the letters in S.F. Vol. I., pp. 423 and 496, also Vol. II., 

 p. 335, and Vol. IV., p. 340 ; and have carefully compared 

 the species with G. scolopaciuus, and believe now that there 

 is no reliable point except the lateral tail-feathers to guide one 

 in separating the two species. Dr. Jerdon says G. stenura 

 is smaller than G. scolopaciuus, and my measurements of the 

 two species, which are appended, tend to confirm that opinion. 



