AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND SOUTHERN Mysore. 415 
900.—Parra indica, Zath. The Bronze-winged 
Jacana. 
Oceurs in the Wynaad. Mr. T. Darling of the Rasselas Estate, 
near Manantoddy, obtained a specimen. 
905.—Gallinula chloropus, Zin. The Water Hen. 
Common on the lake at Ootacamund, where it breeds among 
the sedge, growing on the margin. I have also often seen it 
in Wynaad, and in Mysore on the Gundalupet lake. 
907.—Erythra pheenicura, Penn. The White- 
breasted Water Hen. 
Rare on the Nilghiris and its slopes, buf not uncommon at 
the base of the hills, through the Wynaad, and in Mysore. I 
have killed it in the Botanical Gardens at Ootacamund. 
[910.—Porzana bailloni, Vieil?. Baillon’s Crake. 
Sent us from the Wynaad.—A. O. H.] 
911.—Porzana fusca, Zin. The Ruddy Crake. 
I obtained two specimens, both males, of this species, in some 
rice fields at Karote in the Wynaad on the 2nd of May. It 
was the only time I saw it during my trip. I have never 
met with it, nor am I aware of its ever having been obtained 
on the hills. 
In the specimens I obtained, the bill was black, the legs and 
feet coral red, and the irides crimson. 
913.—Hypotenidia striata, Zin. The Blue-breasted 
Banded Rail. 
The late Mr. J. Darling shot a specimen of this Rail in the 
Wynaad ; he showed me some fragments of the skin, sufficient 
for identification however. 
919.—Ciconia alba, Bechst. The White Stork. 
Mr. G. A. R. Dawson, of Coonoor, obtained two specimens — 
of this bird on the Nilghiris, one of which is, I believe, still in his 
possession. He says: “ During the month of October 1870, 
a flock of eighteen of this species were seen feeding on the 
open grass land near the sandy nullah between Ootacamund and 
Pykarra. I was only made aware of the fact by a couple of 
the birds having been shot by a native and brought to me. I 
visited the spot early next morning, but found the birds had 
flown.”’ 
I have never myself come across this species in Southern 
India. 
