THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 67 
rivers about Byramghat, but nowhere else. It probably also 
occurs on the Ganges. 
858.—Aisacus recurvirostris, Cuv. 
The Large Stone Plover is fairly common during the cold 
weather about the Chowka and Gogra rivers in the neighbour- 
hood of Byramghat, where it is usually met with in flocks of 
10 to 20 or 30 generally in fallow land or newly-ploughed fields, 
I have not observed it elsewhere. 
859.—(idicnemus scolopax, S. G. Gm. 
The Stone or Norfolk Plover, or as many prefer to call it, the 
Bastard Florican, is a permanent resident, and is fairly com- 
mop in all dhak jungles. It also frequents groves, a pair or 
two even visiting the Horticultural Gardens at Lucknow, where, 
on the 6th May, I found a nest and two eggs at the root of a 
guava tree. But its favorite breeding place is some lonely 
mangoe tope, moderately studded with grass tufts. I have 
never found more than two eggs in a nest, and of eight in my 
possession, the average measurement is 1°85 by 1°40 inches. 
863.—Grus antigone, Lin. Native name—Sarus. 
The Sarus is more generally distributed during the rains 
than it is in the hot and dry weather, when it appears to collect 
in small flocks in the vicinity of jhils, in moist and swampy 
tracts, (though few then exist), and along the banks of rivers. 
It breeds during the rains in July and August, in the tem- 
porary and shallow swamps then so common, making a large 
platform of mud, grass, and rushes for a nest, (raising it well 
above water-level), and lays two eggs of a dull white or 
pale greenish color, generally spotted or blotched with reddish 
brown, though some few are scarcely marked at all. Another 
peculiarity about the eggs is, that, while the shells of some are 
smooth and glossy, others have a chalky appearance and a 
rough pimpled surface. I have noticed, too, that the latter are 
generally larger than the former. 
Average measurement of 6 eggs 3:90 by 2°51 inches, 
Measurement of largestegg ... 4°21 ,, 2°51  ,, 
Measurement of smallest egg ... 3°75 ,, 2°44 ,, 
864.—Grus leucogeranus, Pall. Native name— 
Tunhi. 
The Snow-Wreath or Great White Crane is decidedly 
rare, and is only met with in the cold weather. Last cold 
season I saw five in a shallow jhil near Sandila, and determined 
at once to circumvent them. I had only a shot gun with me, 
so concealed myself in some dhak bushes, feeling certain they 
