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Catalogue of the Birds 



[Oct. 



Sub Genus LIMOSA, Eriss. and Swains. — Godwit. 



339.~-i. leucophcea ? ?. — New species ? — ChaJia, II.-— Large Godivif. 



This bird, which, in absence of more precise information, I have 

 referred to the European Godwit, though strongly suspecting it to be 

 distinct, is a rare visitant to the Peninsula, during the cold weather, 

 and frequents the shallow water at the edge of large tanks. I add a 

 brief description. 



Above ashen grey, darkest on the back and rump ; beneath white, 

 ashy on the neck, breast and sides ; upper tail coverts white, black tipt ; 

 tail white at the base, the rest black, with a narrow black tip. Length 

 20-21 inches; bill 5 ; tarsus 4 ; wing 9 ; tail 3^; bill reddish white, dusky 

 at the tip ; legs and feet greenish black. 



840. — L. melanura ?. — Chota Chaha, Lesser Godwit. 



1 have only seen this species on two or three occasions, at the edges of 

 tanks, on the northern part of the table land. As I am by no means 

 certain, that it is the same as the European bird, I also add a descrip- 

 tion of this one. Plumage above brown ; the feathers edged with fawn ; 

 head, neck and breast, pale ashy brown ; throat white ; tail black, white 

 at the base; tail coverts as in the last. Length of one specimen 17 

 inches ; bill 3 y^ths ; tarsus 2| ; v/ing 8 ; tail 2|. 



341. — L. terek, Horsf. — S. terek, Lath. -^Limicala Indiana, Vieill. 



I have only seen this curious bird on one occasion at the edge of the 

 Trichoor lake. Length nearly 9 inches ; bill 1 y\ ^ wing 5 ; tail 2 ; tar- 

 sus 1-1 V^^^ ' ^^^'^ blackish, green at the base ; legs orange. 



Sub Genus TRINGA, L. Swains. 



342. — r. HardvjicJtii.—Limosa Ha?'dwicJtii, Gray and Hardw. 111. Ind. 

 Zoo\.— Gehwala, R,— Large brown Sand-piper. 



I can find no description of this handsomely plumaged Sand- piper in 

 any of the works I possess. It appears, however, to be the same as the 

 species figured in Gray and Hardwicke. It is one of the first that make 

 their appearance here, at the commencement of the cold weather. I 

 have seen them in the middle of September, and as late as the end of 

 March. It frequents the edges of large tanks in numerous flocks. I 

 add here a brief description. Plumage above brown, of various shades 

 of intensity, each of the feathers edged with pale brown, or whitish, or in 

 some with rufous fawn ; head and neck paler ; face, throat, and plumage 

 beneath white, ashy on the neck and b/east. In those specimens killed 



