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I also saw another Lesser Florican from a train between Andheri and 

 Malad stations on the B. B. & 0. I. Railway early in December 1912. I 

 am sure of having made no mistake, as the bird was close to the line, and 

 I know the species well, having shot quite a few of them. 



M. F. SUTER. 

 Bombay, 1st July 1913. 



[ In the Times of India of Jime 10th, a Lesser Florican was reported as having 

 been seen in Bombay near Churchgate station two days before, and on the follow- 

 ing day Mr. H. A. W. Brent wrote to that paper to say that he had shot one in 

 December last at Kalyan. — Eds.] 



No. XXII.— BREEDING OF THE INDIAN COURSER {CURSORIUS 

 COROMANDELICUS) IN THE DARBHANGA DISTRICT. 



On the 13th April of this year, I obtained two nestlings in the down of 

 this species. I had long thought that this species breed here, but none of 

 my collectors ever came across the eggs or young, so I am glad to be able 

 at last to record their breeding here. 



CHAS. M. INGLIS. 

 Baghownie Factory, 

 Daebhanga Diste,ict, IQth June 1913. 



No. XXIII.— GREAT SNIPE {GALLINAGO MAJOR) IN 

 SOUTH INDIA. 



In the Annual Report of the Madras Museum for 1912, Dr. Henderson 

 mentions that the Museum has received a Great Snipe, shot by Mr. G. L. 

 Peters, near Arkonam, on 30th March 1913. As this occurrence has not 

 been recorded before, as far as I am aware, in any Journal I think it is 

 worthwhile putting it on record in the Journal here ; otherwise it is apt to 

 be overlooked. The previous records of this snipe in India are near 

 Madras on 5th September 1899 and at Bangalore in October 1910. 



N. B. KINNEAR. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Society, 

 September 1913. 



No. XXIV.— LATE STAY OF SNIPE {GALLINAGO CCELESTIS) 

 IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES. 



I know little about the migration of snipe in the Central Provinces, but 

 the following late dates on which snipe were observed may be of interest. 



19th March. — I flushed a full snipe from a marsh by the edge of a tank 

 at about 5-45 p. m. in the North Chanda District. 



2nd Mai-ch. — About 2-30 p. m. I flushed a snipe from the edge of a tank 

 in South Chanda. 



IQth, nth and ISth April. — I observed a snipe by a tank at various hours 

 of the day. None of them were Painted snipe, Rostralula capensis, which 

 breed in the Central Province in marshes round large tanks in parts not 

 much frequented by cattle and natives. 



C. R. PITMAN. 



Deba Ismail Khan, 

 August 1913. 



