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being equal to the length of lower mandible from chin to tip, measured along 

 the curve. 



901. Hydeophasiantts sinensis. 



I have seen only a few specimens on the larger lakes. The species 

 breeds in Cashmir. 



903. FlTLICA ATEA. 



Is generally only seen on the larger lakes. One, rather a large specimen, 

 measures : wing 8'6, tail 2 - 3, tarsus 25, mid toe with claw 3 - 8, bill to base of 

 disk 1/9, from gape 1"5, height of bill at base 0*7. The bird is evidently an 

 old one, it was one of a pah ; the plumage in the middle of the breast is 

 conspicuously mixed with white ; the extreme edge of wing is white and the 

 secondaries albescent. 



923. Aedea cen~eeea. Not common. 



There is a great deal of pure black at the sides of the base of neck and 

 of the anterior breast, extending on either side to the middle of the abdomen, 

 in other respects the plumage agrees with Jerdon's description which is of 

 course that of the winter garb. 



926. Heeodias inteemedia, v. Hasselquist, = egeettoides (Tern.). 

 Very common. Wing 13, tail 4"75, tarsus 5, mid toe with claw 375 ; 



bill at front 3-5 inch. Comp. G. E. Gray, Handl. Ill, 28. 



927. H. GAEZETTA. 



Rare, and while the former species is usually seen near tanks, the pre- 

 sent one prefers streams, and appears to be more solitary. Wing ll - 25, tail 

 4'25, tarsus 4*25, mid toe with claw 3, bill at front 3 - 65 inch. This speci- 

 men was shot on 21st February ; it had the occipital crest not fully, but the 

 dorsal tram and lengthened pectoral feathers well developed. 



928. Demigeetta sacea, Gmel., = asha, Sykes. Not common. 

 Comp. G. E. Gray, Handl. Ill, 28. 



In a couple of young birds, with brownish ashy plumage and white 

 on the throat and winglet, the wing is 10"75, tail 3"5, tarsus 39, mid toe 

 with claw 2 - 8, bill at front 35 inch. 



929. Bttphus coeomaistdus. Very common. 



Birds shot on 19th December (i. e. in the middle of the winter months) 

 had the upper head tinged golden, and a few golden occipital crest feathers 

 about one inch in length. Wing 9"75, tail 3"5 to 3'8, tarsus 3 - 5, mid toe 

 with claw 2.75, bill at front 2*3 to 2 - 4, the same from gape 32 inch. 



930. Aedeola eettcopteea. Not common. Wing 9 and tail 3 5 inch. 



931. Butoeedes javanica. I have only seen, and shot, a solitary 

 specimen, with the pale triangular spots on all the wing coverts. 



937. Nyctiaedea inycticoeax, L. = Nycticorax griseus. 

 Is also decidedly rare in Kachh. I have seen only a few specimens 

 in the plumage of the young, which in general tone is very like that of the 



