442 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS IN THE PROVINCIAL 
924.—Ardea purpurea, Ln. 
I have procured this bird in the Bidi taluka. 
933.—Ardetta cinnamomea, Gm, 
Is a permanent resident, not a mere seasonal visitant. 
938.—Tantalus leucocephalus, Yorst. 
I have shot this bird on the Ghatprabha river at Konur. 
942.—Inocotis papillosus, Tem. 
Occurs in the cold weather throughout the district. 
951.—Nettopus coromandelianus, Gm. 
I have shot this bird in the Bidi taluka. 
957.—Spatula clypeata, Lin. 
This bird is sometimes very common in the cold weather 
in the Belgaum district. 
959.—Anas peecilorhyncha, frst. 
Is common, and probably a permanent resident. 
Gatalogue of the Birds in the Provincial Museum, 
H.-G. P. and Oudh, Zucknow.* 
Mr. GrorGE REID, one of the Committee of Management 
of the Lucknow Museum, and who is in honorary charge of the 
Natural History Department of that Institution, has done good 
service to ornithologists in compiling an accurate catalogue of 
the specimens of birds contained in that Museum on the Ist 
January, 1886. 
The collection is but a small one, containing less than 3,000 
specimens (representing rather less than 600 species), fully 
half of which were collected and presented by Mr. Reid himself. 
But great pains have been taken to ascertain and record 
the localities of almost every specimen ; while of all species 
not included in Dr. Jerdon’s work, descriptions taken from 
“Stray Feathers” or elsewhere are given in an Appendix. The 
names adopted are those in the “Tentative List,” but so far 
* Printed by order of the Museum Committee by the Calcutta Central Press Co, 
Ld., 5, Council House Street, Calcutta, 1886. 
