72 THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 
898.—Himantopus candidus, Bonn. Native name 
—Gaj-paun and Linghur. 
The Stilt or Long-legs is very common during the cold 
weather, and is usually seen either in small or large flocks 
frequenting jhils and rivers in the shallow water of which it 
usually alights, remains and feeds. 
900.—Parra indica, Lath. 
Some five or six years ago, the Bronze-winged Jacana was 
common on many large weedy jhils, where a few may still be 
found; but owing to the scanty rainfall of recent years, water 
has not been abundant, and it has, in consequence, made itself 
exceedingly scarce. 
901.—Hydrophasianus chirurgus, Scop. Native 
name—Jhil-Voorgah. 
The Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a common and permanent 
resident, particularly on jhils covered with vegetation. During 
the drought of 1877-78 it frequented weedy patches on the 
Goomti in great numbers, where I am quite sure (though I 
never took its eggs) that it bred in July, making a nest of 
aquatic plants on masses of floating vegetation. In years of 
normal rainfall it invariably nests on suitable jhils. 
902.—Porphyrio poliocephalus, Lath. Native name 
—Khima, 
The Grey-capped Purple Cootis also a common and perma- 
nent resident on all rush or weed-covered jhils, particularly on 
those where the lotus flourishes and clumps of pith trees 
abound. Though it is said to commit havoc on rice fields, [ 
cannot. say that I have ever seen any evidence of its depreda- 
tions. Indeed, I have never seen it off the water except when 
perched on bushes or climbing about bulrushes and tall reed 
grass growing in jhils. 
903.—Fulica atra, Lin. Native names—<Art, Khus- 
kul and Thekari. 
The Bald Coot is exceedingly common on all large jhils 
during the cold weather. It is, however, a permanent resident, 
though great numbers migrate in the hot weather. Indeed, 
there has not been in the Division of late years a patch of 
water sufliciently large to tempt these Coots to remain all the 
year round. 
