1897.] F. Finn — On some noteworthy Indian Birds. 525 



Limnocryptes gallinula. 



We are indebted to Major F. Graham for a specimen of the Jack- 

 Snipe from the Andamans. The bird was shot, according to Major 

 Graham, near Aberdeen on the South Andaman Island, on November 

 25th, 1896, by Lieutenant H. Turner of the Suffolk Regiment. 



Jack- Snipe were unusually abundant in the Provision Bazaar this 

 cold weather, and the Messrs. Dods inform me that they also found 

 them singularly plentiful when out shooting in the vicinity of Calcutta. 



Anas boschas. 

 In February, 1895, Mr. R. G. Hanland, of Gauhati, Assam, sent to 

 the Editor of the Asian newspaper a Mallard w r hich had been shot 

 by Mr. Truninger at Gohpur near Behali Mukh, North Luckimpur, in 

 Assam, on the 17th of that month. The bird was sent to me, and I 

 was able to confirm Mr. Hanland's identification of it. It was in adult 

 male plumage, but not having been properly cured, the skin began to 

 come to pieces, and I therefore did not preserve it, as the species was 

 unmistakeable. 



Ennetta falcata. 



A bird-dealer from the Bazaar brought me a male of this species 

 on January 3rd of the present year. It was in full plumage with the 

 exception of the long tertials, which were only just sprouting, and not 

 noticeable unless looked for. 



As it was not in very good bodily condition, I had it killed for the 

 Museum collection. It had the bill black; iris dark brown ; feet dull 

 grey, with black webs. The testes were small, and the windpipe much 

 resembled that of the common Teal as figured in Yarrell's British 

 Birds, Fourth Edition, Vol. IV, p. 391. 



Nyroca baeri. 



Fuligula laeri. Finn, P. A. S. B., April 1896, p. 61. 



This Pochard again occurred in the Provision Bazaar here during 

 the present cold weather, but in far greater numbers than on the 

 previous occasion, when all I saw, to the number of eleven, were 

 obtained, as recorded loc. cit. This time the earliest date on which I 

 observed any was November 25th, 1896, and I continued to note their 

 presence pretty constantly till January 5th, after which I have no 

 record of their occurrence. For a few days, not long after their first 

 appearance, they were quite one of the common ducks of the Bazaar, 

 being as numerous as White-eyes (N. africana). Out of perhaps twice 

 that number seen, I bought in all twenty-nine specimens, twelve of 

 which were transferred (not all immediately, however,) to the Museum 

 collection ; while three, a male and two females, remaiu at large on the 



