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ground, near a pool of water. Another sliot on the 19th, near a mill- 

 stream. 



^Scolopnx major, Gmel. Procured April 19. Total length 11*5 

 inches. Common in boggy grounds. 



Charadrius minor, Meyer. Procured in March. Found in the 

 stomach insects. Only three seen. 



Platalea leucorodiu, Linn. Procured May 24. Found in the sto- 

 mach grass and feafliers. Seen at the river, where it breeds: seve- 

 ral nests ai'e placed near each other, about the middle of the river. 

 They are made of reeds, bound together by weeds, which are piled 

 up a i'e^ inches above tlie water's edge. Over this foundation dried 

 reeds are placed in various directions, to form the body of the nest, 

 which is not lined with anything, and is just large enough to allow 

 one bird to sit, and the other to stand beside it : we found four eggs 

 in each ; they are white, spotted witii brown. Turkish name, Cashik 

 JBonrooiioo (Spoon-bill), and Taktar Boornoo (Broad-bill). 



Zaporniu pusilla, Steph. Procured April 19. Bill green, with 

 the margins of the gape red. Boggy ground near the river. Another 

 shot May .5. 



*A7ias Boschas, Linn. Procured May 12. Very common at the 

 river: breeds here. The ducklings seen on the 1st of August 1838 ; 

 these birds arrived on the 5th of April. Early in spring a few were 

 seen in the fields near town ; they afterwards feed in wet fields near 

 the river. 



Dujila caudacuta, Leach. Procured April 1. Found in the sto- 

 mach small seeds. Shot in a brook near the river. Total length 

 26 inches. Upper mandible bluish, with slate-coloured sides near 

 its base, and black culmen ; under mandible brownish black; legs 

 slaty colour, with the webs and claws dusky. 



Chaulelasmits slrepera, G. R. Gray. Chauliodes strepera, Sw. 

 Procured March 28. Found in the stomach sand. In a wet field 

 near mill-streams, close to town. Iris hazel. Drake, total length 

 19-Ar inches. Maxilla black ; mandibula dark brown ; legs yellow, 

 with very dark brown webs and claws. Duck, total length IbVo- in- 

 ches. Bill yellow, with a very daik brown ridge along the middle 

 of the maxilla; legs like those of the drake. 



Rhynchajjsis clypeata, Steph. Procured April 21. Crop filled 

 with worms, caterpillars, and a number of eggs of some insect or 

 fish; gizzard contained small seeds and gravel. Total length 18*5 

 inches. Feet orange, with dusky webs and claws ; maxilla of a dusky 

 greenish tinge ; mandibula dirty orange brown. A i^tvi of these 

 birds seen together at the marsh. 



* Qnerquedula rircia, Steph. Procured April 15. Total length 

 15"5 inches. Iris hazel ; bill dusky ; legs dusky gray ; claws and webs 

 dusky. A couole seen in a wet field near town. 



*Podiceps C7-istatus, Lath. Procured May 24. Found in the sto- 

 mach grass, fish, and feathers. Iris bright cochineal colour, with a 

 narrow yellow ring round the margin of the pupil ; bill greyish 

 ilusky ; legs outside dusky, inside j-ellowish gray, marked with 

 patclies of dusky. The bill in some (especially the males) has a good 



