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on the banks of the Kamla in Nepal every year. At Burreroa in Nepal my 

 man counted 16 nets. They were stretched across the dry sand banks in the 

 middle of the river and were about 50 yards apart. The nets were 45 yards 

 long and 8 yards high. The men who snared the cranes were of the Bin caste. 

 The birds sold for Rs. 1-4-0 per pair. The netters said that they also sold the 

 legs for medicine at an anna each. One of my men shot one out of a flock of 

 about twenty which were feeding near a paddy field not far from the Kamla. 

 He said he could have got more had not some cowherds frightened them away. 

 The bird shot had its stomach full of paddy. They are excellent eating. One 

 flock noticed was flying in extended line slightly arched in the centre, a second 

 in V shape, and another had not any formation at all. Native name Kurra. 



Sub-order Otides. 

 Family Otidiclce. 

 (218) Sypheotis bengalensis.— The Bengal Florican. 

 Blanford, No. 1417 ; Hume, No. 838. 

 I flushed a Bengal Florican twice in grass some four miles from Baghownie 

 on the following dates— 27th April, 1901, and on the 29th May, 1902. Mr. Millar 

 and I also flushed one in some indigo at Hatauri. It flew into some sugarcane 

 Jcoonties. There was only one bird, either a female or a male, in undress plu- 

 mage. The same bird was again flushed near the same place on the 3rd of June. 



Order— LIMICOL^. 

 Family (Edicnemidee . 

 (219) OSdicnemus scolopax — The Stone Curlew. 

 Blanford, No. 1418 ; Hume, No. 850. 

 Very common. It breeds from March to June. They are often found in 

 bamboo and mango groves and on dry plains. When seen they crouch on the 

 ground and then gradually, one after the other, raise their heads and scut- 

 tle o£E with bodies close to the ground for some yards, after which they either 

 take to flight or lie down again. Description of nestling in down — Forehead 

 crown, back and wings light brown speckled with black j centre of crown 

 with two longitudinal black bars ; a broad band from back of eye and round 

 nape black ; cheeks, sides of head, chin and breast white, a black patch on the 

 upper portion of the latter and a black line from base of wings to tail. Bill 

 and legs dusky pink ; iris dark brown. Native name Karwanak. 



(220) EsACUS reccrvieostris.— The Great Stone-Plover. 



Blanford, No. 1419 ; Hume, No. 858. 

 Rather scarce. A pair or so are now and then to be seen on the banks of 

 the Kamla from the end of July and through the cold weather. I have 

 secured few specimens. Native name Burra Karioanah. 



Family Glareolidcv. 

 Sub-family Cursoninee. 



(221) CuRSORius cOROMANDELicus. — The Indian Courser. 



Blanford, No. 1422 ; Hum.e, No. 840. 

 A few flocks seen from September to end of April. They keep to waste 

 lands or prepared fields seldom going into the crops. 



