768 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIII 
No. ■ 
Scientific name, j 
English name. 
Remarks. 
1403 
1 
Gallicrex cinerea . . 
Kora or Water Cock.^ 
Nest a pad of wild rice stems 
pressed down, well concealed 
in dense wild rice. Eggs 
5, 6. August. 
1409 
PorphjTio polioce- 
phalus. 
Purple Moorhen . . 
Breeds in the larger jheels, mak- 
ing its nest, which consists of 
bent down grasses to form a 
pad, well hidden in growing 
plants. July, August. 
1409 
Grus antigone 
Sarus 
A few pairs here and there about 
the District, where large 
jheels exist. Nest a huge pile 
of water weeds, collected 
together, over which they 
both labour for weeks. 
August. 
1418 
(Edicnemus scolo- 
pax. 
Stone-Plover 
Common, no nest, merely hol- 
low in ground, sometimes in 
a ploughed field, at others 
amongst scrub bushes. March, 
April. 
1419 
Esacus recurviros- 
tris. 
Great St one -Plover. 
On sand banks of the larger 
rivers. June. 
1428 
Metopodius indicus . 
Bronze -winged 
Jacana. 
Plentiful on all the larger 
jheels, making their nests, a 
pad of lily leaves, on top of a 
large leaf, or on lump of 
grass. Eggs 4. July, August. 
1429 
Hydrophasianus 
chirurgus. 
Pheasant -tailed 
Jacana* 
Very common on all pieces of 
water covered with lily 
leaves, on which they make 
their nest. July, August. 
1431 
Sarcogrammus 
indicus. 
Red-wattled Lap- 
wing. 
Common everywhere. Eggs 
taken from April to August. 
1433 
Sarciophorus mala- 
baricus. 
Yellow-wattled 
Lapwing. 
Local, where there are large 
open plains. Nest, a depres- 
sion with small clods of earth 
placed round it. April, May. 
1435 
Hoplopteras ven- 
tralis. 
' 
Spur-winged Plover 
On sand banks of large rivers. 
April, May. 
