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1545. Platalea leucorodia, The Spoonbill. Common. 

 1548. DissuKA EPiscopus, The White-necked Stork. Fairly common 

 in jungle. 



1552. PsEUDOTANTALUS LEucocBPHALUs, The Painted Stork. Common. 



1554. Abdba manillensis, The Eastern Purple Heron. Common in 

 reed beds and jheels. 



1555. Ardea cinbrea, The Common Heron. Common. 



1559. Herodias alba, The Large Egret. Rather scarce. 



1560. Herodias intermedia, The Smaller Egret. Abundant. 



1561. Herodias garzetta, The Little Egret. Abundant. 



1562. BuBXJicus COROMANDUS, The Cattle Egret. Scarce. 

 1565. Ardeola grayi, The Pond Heron. Very abundant. 



1567. BuTORiDES JAVANiCA, The Little Green Heron. Rather scarce 

 but occurs along wooded streams. 



1568. Nycticobax griseus, The Night Heron. Not very common. 

 1589. Dbndrocycna javanica, The Common Whistling Teal. Com- 

 mon, saw a young one not fully fledged on December 5th. 



1593. Anas pcecilorhyncha. The Spot-billed Duck. Abundant, a 

 duck followed by 9 tiny ducklings seen on November 28th. 



1617. PoDiciPEs ALBiPENNis, The Indian Little Grebe. Abundant, 

 occurs in big flocks on the Bhopal Lake. 



v.— DOUBTFUL WHETHER MIGRANTS OR NOT. 



40. Sylviparus modbstus, The Yellow-browed Tit. Shot one on 17th 

 October 1909, the only one seen but from its close resemblance to a Flower 

 Pecker (P. squalidum) it may have been overlooked, confirms Jerdon's 

 record (see O. and B.) 



389. Megalurus paltjstris, The Striated Marsh-Warbler. Flushed 

 several in reed beds and marshes in September and one in November (shot 

 1 and sent it to the B. M.) 



551. AcRiDOTHERES GiNGiNiANUS, The Grey Bank Myna. Not com- 

 mon, only seen in winter. 



601. Hypothymis azurea, The Black-naped Flycatcher. Only met 

 with in April in high jungle. 



607. Rhipidura pbctoralis. The White-spotted Fantail Flycatcher. 

 Scarce. Not observed at all between mid-October and mid-February. 



1383. TuRNix DtrsstJMiBRi, The Little Button-Quail. Not common. 

 Only met with in December and January. 



1404. PoRPHYRio POLiocBPHALXTS, The Purple Moorhen. Scarce, only 

 noted between September and February. 



1428. Mexopidius indicus, The Bronze-winged Jacana. Common 

 from early October to May, but only once seen after May 3rd and that 

 was on June 22nd. 

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