o28 RESUME OF RECENT ADDITIONS 



Kurrachee, and breeds on the open maidans during 1 the hot 

 weather, at which season I observed several pairs (one pair with 

 young- ones on the 6th June) that were evidently breeding, but I 

 found no eggs. 



Mr. James also adds Dendrocygna major to Mr. Hume's list, 

 and I may mention that a few live specimens were sent to 

 Kurrachee this year from the Muuchur Lake and preserved for 

 the " Frere Hall" Museum, where they are now to be seen. 



E. A. B. 



Resume of recent gbbtttons to % ^inbl] guttata. 



So many additional notes on the Avifauna of Sindh have 

 appeared since I published my first account, (I. 148.) that it 

 may save ornithologists, especially those now working in Sindh, 

 a good deal of trouble in hunting out references if I publish a 

 resume of all these additions, 54 in number. My first list re- 

 corded 280 species (including Sturnus minor, of which Blanford 

 has since obtained many specimens), making a total up to date 

 of 334, or only 16 short of the total which I predicted (III, 378) 

 for the province. 



Of the additions many have only occurred in the Thur and 

 Pakhur and the country east of the Indus which I was unable to 

 visit. Others only occur at seasons other than that in which I 

 travelled in Sindh, and of several of these (e. g. Aedon familiaris, 

 Sylvia cinerea) I predicted the occurrence long before they were 

 found. 



Out of the whole 54 additions there are not 20 that I could 

 have obtained in the tracts I traversed at the time I visited 

 them, and I think that to get 280 out of 300 species in a seven 

 week's hurried tour was not so bad after all. 



The following is the complete list of addenda, Avith the names 

 of those who added them, and a reference to the vol. and page 

 of Stray Feathers where they were first notified : — 

 1. — Vultur monaehus, Blanford, V. 245. 

 2. — Otog}'ps calvus, Blanford, V. 245. 

 5.— Gyps bengalensis, Butler, V. 322 ; Blanford, V. 245. 



39. — Spilornis cheela, Blanford, V. 245. 



68. — Asio accipitrinus, Blanford, V. 245. 



72. — Ketupa ceylonensis, Blanford, V. 245. 



74 Sept. — Scops brucei, Blanford, V. 245. 



87. — Cotyle riparia, Blanford, IV. 507. 



98.— Cypselus melba, Blanford, V. 245. 



