TEE BIRDS OF THE MADHUBANI SUB-DIVISION. 785 



only received three males, all of which were snared by mir-shiJcars. They 



were all in summer plumage. Native names Toohha and Kora. 



(212) PORPHYEio POLIOCEPHALUS. — The Purple Moorhen, 



Blanford, No. 1404 ; Hume, No. 902. 



I found them scarce near Jamagar and Narhar, but numbers are to be found 



at the Minti Chaur, and Scroope shot some in a tank at Madhiibani, At 



Baghownie they are abundant and commit great havoc in the paddy fields by 



cutting the plant and piling it up to form, their nests. They breed from July 



to September. Native names Karim and Korma. 



(213) Fdlica ATRA.— The Coot. 



Blanford, No. 1405 ; Hume, No. 903. 



Very common in the cold weather and a few remain and breed. Native 



names Kesrar and Serar. 



Sub-order Geues. 



Family Gniidce. 



(214) Grds communis. — The Common Crane. 



Blanford, No. 1407 ; Hume, No. 865. 



Mr. G, Dalgliesh saw this species once near Hatauri Fty., in December 



1897. :I have never seen this species, but a few are snared on the banks of the 



Kamla near Jainagar but in Nepal. I have not succeeded in getting the skin. 



Native name Kulang. 



(215) G. LEUCOGEEANUS. — The Great White or Siberian Crane. 



Blanford, No. 1408 ; Hume, No. 864. 



I saw some white cranes during the cold weather of 1898 in a chaur near 



Beerpur Fty., not far from Jainagar. I stalked them very carefully, but 



they were too wary and I failed to get a shot. The mh'-shzhars know the bird 



and call it Burmuch. 



(216) G. ANTIGONE. — The Sarus. 



Blanford, No. 1409 ; Hume, No. 863. 



The late Mr. Grahame and I stalked a sarus near Allumpore Fty., but 



did not get a shot, although one of us had a rook rifle. I believe a pair used to 



come to Minti during the cold weather. Two young birds in the down were 



brought to me by a mir'sTiihar on the 15th October, 1901. Another pair were 



brought in December 1902, but as they were veiy small I did not keep them. 



The smallest one had a deformed bill, one mandible crossing the other. 



It had to be fed by hand. The man wanted Rs. 20 for the pair, but I 



managed to get them for Rs. 14. The one with the deformed bill only 



lived five weeks, but the other one lived till the 7th December, it was then 



killed by a blow from the bill of a lesser adjutant. It grew very tame and 



was just getting rid of all its down. They came from a chaur near Allumpore 



and were probably the offspring of the bird we stalked. Native name Saras. 



(217) Anthropoides virgo. — The Demoiselle Crane. 



Blanford, No. 1411 ; Hume, No. 866. 



Many are seen flying to their feeding ground, but few seem to settle in the 



?ub-diyision. They arrive E^bout the beginning of October, Some are snared 



