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its tributaries, conclusive evidence that the limits of distribu- 

 tion of the two species overlap. 



819.— Francolinus pictus, Jerd. and Selby. 



For the first time I met with this species on the borders of 

 Patna and Karial. Thence throughout my trip wherever there 

 was suitable cover it was abundant. It is a marvellous skulker ; 

 often I have heard half a dozen calling together within a small 

 area, but have been unable, even with beaters, to get them to 

 rise. 



Occasionally at or after sunset, when they had left the grass 

 for the open fields, I got shots, but when in the bush jungle, even 

 if they could be induced to rise, there was often great difficulty 

 in shooting them owing to their dodging behind trees. A party 

 of bird-catchers who accompanied my camp caught a few 

 for me in their quail traps. 



I am perfectly certain that I have never seen or heard it 

 north of the Mahanadi. In Chutia Nagpur, where it occurs 

 according to Dr. Jerdon, the ouly species I have seen or 

 shot is the black, which is not uncommon in Sirguja. 



839. — Sypheotides auritus, Lath. 



I have previously noted the rare occurrence of this species 

 in Chutia Nagpur and Sambalpur. Last year, in December, I 

 saw one individual ; this was at Grainslot, in Sambalpur. 



840.— Cursor his coromandelicus, Gmel. 



Occurs somewhat sparingly in Sambalpur and Raipur. I 

 also saw it iu Bus tar and in Boad, in Orissa. 



845. — Charadrius fulvus, Gmel. 



The Eastern Golden Plover was not uncommon in Orissa 

 between Cuttack and Sonpur in November. 



In April, I saw some in Raipur, which had partially assumed 

 the breeding plumage. 



867.— Scolopax rusticola, Lin. 



The Woodcock, I am informed by Captain Blaxland, has 

 several times been seen, and on one occasion shot on the higher 

 plateaus of Jaipur. 



917.— Mycteria australis, Shaw. 



As in Chutia Nagpur, this bird is rare in the southern area, 

 but was occasionally seen. I shot one specimen in the Pairi 

 River on the southern borders of Raipur. 



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