TEE BIRDS OF THE MADEUBANI SUB-DIVISION. 767 



Sub-family Glareolince. 



(222) Glareola lactea.— The Small Indian Pratincole. 



Blanford, No, 1427 ; Eume, No. 843. 



Fairly common on the banks of the Kamla during the cold weather. I 



Lave not got their eggs from this side of the Nepal Frontier, but a short distance 



on the other side my man found some nests and eggs in April. I daresay 



they do lay with us. 



Family Parridce. 



(223) Metopidius indices. — The Bronze-winged Jacana. 



Blanford, No. 1428. Eume,-^o. 900. 



Abundant, It breeds in tanks and chaurs during June, July and August, 



All nests found were the same, simply a floating mass of water plants. I 



have never found more than five eggs in a nest. One egg i got measured 



1'7" by 1", which is very long for this species. The earliest nest was taker on 



the 20th June and the latest on the 26th August, the latter containing two 



very highly incubated eggs. A female shot on the 4th October had lost all 



its primaries and rectrices ; new ones were just appearing. Native names 



Pipi and Kundai. 



(224) Hydkophasianus chieurgus. — The Pheasant-tailed Jacana. 

 Blanford, No. 1429 ; Eume, No. 901. 

 Not so common in this sub-division as the former species. Near Ba- 

 ghownie I think it is, if anything, commoner than M. indicus. They breed in 

 July, August and September, never I think in tanks, but always either in jheels 

 or weed}' river beds. One nest, formed of straw, was situated on a broad spiky 

 leaf, and one of the spikes had drilled a neat hole on one side of one of the 

 eggs. They appear to ba commoner during the rains, and I think migrate 

 locally in the cold weather. They lay from three to four eggs, usually three. 



Native name Piho, 



Family Charadriidce. 



Sub -family Charadriinw. 

 (225) Sarcogrammus indicts. — The Red-wattled Lapwing. 

 Blanford, No. 1431 ; Hume, No. 855. 

 Very common. It breeds from March to May, usually in a hollow in the 

 ground in some paddy field and generally near water. A fine male mea- 

 sured in the flesh : — Length, 14'1" ; w,ng, 9'25" ; tail, 4'9" ; tarsus, 3-2"; hill at 

 front, rSl"; hill at gape, 1*4" ; expanse, 30'25". The colours of the soft parts 

 o£ a young bird which had just left the nest were as follows : — Base of hill, 

 lappet and edge of eyelids dusky red ; remainder of hill black ; iris dark- 

 brown ; legs and feet dusky yellow. This is known to most Europeans in 

 India as the Did-^e-do-it. Native names Titi and Titiri. 



(226) Sarciophorus malabarigus. — The Yellow- wattled Lapwing. 

 Blanford, No. 1433 ; Eume, No. 856. 

 This species is scarce. I saw a pair on two occasions not far from Jain- 

 agar in April and July 1899. The only specimen in my collection was shot at 

 Belahi Fty., in the Mozufferpur District on the 1st May, 1896, 

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