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crepitans of Europe ; it certainly barely differs ; the nude space behind the 

 eye is in the European bird of less extent, than it is in the Indian. 



863. GrKUS antigone. Tolerably common. 



A sacred bird with the Makomedans, who will not kill a Saras. It is 

 almost always seen in pairs. 



865. Obits crNEEEA. Common. 



About the beginning of February the birds collected in very large flocks, 

 and by the middle of that month nearly all of them were gone, only solitary 

 and probably sickly birds remaining. 



871. Oalltnago scoLOPAcnnis. 



As there are very few swampy grounds, the bird is of course very rare. 

 I have not seen more than about a dozen pairs. One has the wing 5'2, tail 

 2 "2, tarsus 1*3 ; middle toe with claw 1*5 ; bill 2 - 9 inch. The shorter lower 

 wing coverts are white with blackish bars and the longer ones grey with 

 white edges, which in G. stenura are replaced by white and dark bars. 



875. Limosa ^gocephala. Very common. 



All the specimens I shot had the white of the face round the bill, ex- 

 tending over a portion of the superciliary band, tinged with golden. It is 

 a very restless and quarrelsome bird, whenever two of them meet each other 

 on the edge of the water. Before the end of October few birds were seen, 

 but they became plentiful about the middle of November. In Eebruary 

 none had yet changed their winter garb. 



880. Philomachtjs pttgnax. Very common. 



Male : whig 73 to 7*7 ; tail 2-25 to 2"6 ; tarsus T8 to 2 ; middle toe 

 with claw 1*6 ; bill at front 13 to 1*4. The general tone of the upper 

 plumage above is ashy brown, the wing coverts are uniform dark brown, 

 more or less tipped with white, but not barred. Bill blackish, more or less 

 variegated with yellowish fleshy at the base. 



In the female the general tone, above, is slightly richer, all the pale color- 

 ation having a faint rufescent tinge. In other respects both sexes are exact- 

 ly similarly colored, all the feathers of the upper plumage being darker about 

 the centres. Her bill is black and the feet greenish black. Wing 615 ; 

 tail 22 ; tarsus l - 55, mid toe with claw 1'4 ; bill at front 1"2 inch. 



I have seen them generally feeding in company with pigeons near places 

 where grain was collected after the harvest. 



885. Teinga Temmentckii. Not common. 



891. Actitis glaeeola. Very common. 



Specimens, shot in December and January, have the longer upper and 

 lower tail coverts with dark blackish cross bars, the latter besides streaked 

 with the same colour along the shafts. The outermost tail feathers as a 

 rule have some dark spots on the outer webs. 



