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No. 813. Gallus Sonneratii and 



No. 814. Galloperdix spadiceus, — abound near Chikalda. 



No. 839. Sypheotides atjritus. — I saw a male of this bird in 

 full breeding plumage at Akola in August, and on the 28th of 

 October, near Nagpore, killed a cock just losing his ear tufts and 

 very Mack. This should fix the breeding season of these birds in 

 the Central Provinces and Berar between July and November. 



No. 845. Charadritjs longipes. — Do these birds visit the Cen- 

 tral Provinces ? I have never found one there. 



No. 856. Sarciophorus bilobus.— I got this Lapwing at Chi- 

 kalda. It is far more silent than its relations, and runs with its 

 back hunched and in a more game-like manner. 



No. 864. Grus leucogeranus. — This fine bird comes as far 

 south as Kamptee. On the 3rd of February, I killed one at 

 Koohee, about 20 miles S. E. of the Cantonment. 



No. 871. Gallinago scolopacinus — is the snipe of the Nag- 

 pore country. At Bangalore, and on the Neilgherries, all the 

 snipes I have killed were pintails, No. 870. At Madras, in 

 December, out of a bag of 38 couples both varieties were in nearly 

 equal proportion. • 



Nos. 872 and 873. The Jack and Painted Snipe are occasionally 

 to be killed near Kamptee. 



No. 936. Botaurtjs stellaris. — I got one of these rare birds 

 near Kamptee on the 9th December, and another some years ago, 

 on the 3rd January, two or three marches to the north of Saugor. 

 One was said to have been killed near Bangalore in April, 1867. 



No. 949. Anser Lstdicus. — I saw a large flock of these birds 

 circling low over my house in the Kamptee Cantonment in Febru- 

 ary, and on the 23rd of the same month a very fine specimen was 

 brought to me. 



No. 961. Branta rtjeina. — A couple of these fine ducks were 

 brought to me at Kamptee on the 14th January. 



No. 971. Fuligula cristata. — Several of these birds were 

 brought into Kamptee by shikarees in April. 



