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No. 2-] BOMBAY, APRIL 1888, [Vol. Ill, 
WATERS OF WHSTERN INDIA. 
(Supprumuntary Nore.) 
Avrrur the publication of that part of these notes dealing with the 
Konkan and Bombay Coast, several members made valuable additions 
to my rough list of birds, and my own observations enable me now 
to supplement that Chapter with some new details. 
Amongst Cetacea, the Bhulga (Neomeris karachiensis) is now 
represented by several specimens in the Victoria Museum and our 
own. Formerly, I believe, Mr. Murray’s type specimen was unique. 
Of the “ Gadha,” or large deep-water porpoise, we have got « fine 
specimen, identified by Mr. Sterndale as Delphinus lentiginosus ; 
which is, however, not always now distinguished as a separate 
species from D. (Sotalia) plumbeus. 
Amongst Birds, I have myself obtained a Swallow Plover 
(Glareola orientalis), out of a flock of a dozen on the wide pastures of 
Rewadanda; and a specimen of the Grey Plover (Squatarola 
helvetica) was brought to me from the same place, which is a fayour- 
able habitat for most Plovers. Mr. Inverarity first corrected my 
belief that the Indian Golden Plover was at least rare here; and 
since that I have found it myself in April and September in the 
valley of the Kundlika, half-way between Rewadanda and Rone. 
At this point there is a large area of grassy Saltmarsh, where the 
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