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obtained, but it has never been obtained from any of the 

 districts east of the Teesta or sonth of the Brahmapootra Rivers, 

 leaving thns a very wide stretch of countrjr or sea to be passed 

 over before the Arrakan Coast is reached. 



To Hume's districts of Pumea and Nadia in Bengal, from both 

 of which districts I have also seen specimens, must be added 

 Maldah where birds have been seen and shot by Mr. G. Hennessy. 

 As regards the Punjab and Korth-West Provinces, birds wan- 

 der into these so regularly, year after year, though in but small 

 numbers, that it is hardly possible to regard these Provinces as 

 outside their normal habitat. 



In the south, Major Ch. Maclnroy says that " Florican are 

 pretty numerous throughout East Mysore, but, for some reason 

 which I cannot divine, are not nearly so much so in the western 

 division of the Province." He further records a bag of 30 birds 

 made some 25 miles from Bangalore and adds that 4 or 5 birdg 

 have been killed in a morning near Coconada. 



In his list of the Birds of the South Konkan, A^idal remarks 

 that the Lesser Florican " rarely pass the Ghat barrier which divides 

 the Konkan from the Deccan. In seven seasons spent in the 

 Ratnagiri District I have only seen two birds '"'...." I have also 

 heard of one having been obtained at Dapuli." 



Mr. N. S. Symons reports two birds shot near Panwell in the 

 S. Bombay Presidency ,• and Dewar, it should also be mentioned^ 

 notes that it is seen sometimes near and about Madras, but it occurs 

 in that district regularly and is resident, and it extends north into 

 Orissa, Blyth having shot it near Cuttack. 



In a footnote, p. 24, of " Game Birds ", Hume quotes Hodgson 

 as saying : " Appears here (Valle}^ of Nepal) about middle of May 

 and disappears middle of June " and then he (Hume) goes on to 

 say : "It may be that there is a permanent colony of this species^ 

 of which I know nothing as jei, in northern Behar, Gorakhpur, 

 Busti, etc. 



In partial confirmation of this surmise Mr. A. E. Osmaston 

 sends me the skin of a young male from Gorakhpur and in the 

 letter sent with it, writes : " I also saw them at the beginning of 

 last rains (1909) but I have never seen them at any other time 



