BIRDS OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE. 
857 
1899 . (1413) Tetrax tetrax orientalis. The Eastern Little 
Bustard. 
O. t. orientalis Hartert, Nov. ZooL, xxiii., p. •'’>•‘50, 
(1916), {Sarepta). 
S. E. Russia, AV. Siberia and Central Asia. AAMnter 
visitor to India. 
1900 . (1414) Choriotes edwardsi. The Great Indian Bustard. 
Otis edwardsi. Gray in Hardw., IH. In. ZooL, i., pi. 50 
(1830-2), {no locality) (Khaiiawar). 
N. \W India. E. to Shahabad and Gaza, S. to 
about 11°. 
1901 . (1115) Chlamydotis undulata macqueeni. Macqueen's 
Bustard or Houbara. 
Otis macqueeni Gray, Op. cit.,pl. 47, {Himalaya^). 
N. W. India to a little E. of the .Tamna. S. K. 
Europe and A\'. Asia. 
* 1903 . (1416) Sypheotides indica. The Lesser Florican or 
Lthh • 
Otis indica Gm;I., S. N., i., p. 725 (1789), {India). 
The greater part of India in suitable localities. 
E. to AA'’. Bengal and Behar. 
1903 . (1417) Sypheotides bengralensis. The Bengal Florican. 
Otis bengalensis Gmel., S. N., i., p. 724 (1789), 
{Benyat). 
Bengal and A.ssam X. and E. of Gauges. 
Order IJMICOL^V 
Family Burhimd^:. 
1904 . (1418) Burhinus oedicnemus indicus. The Indian 
Stone-Curleu'. 
Oedicnemus indicus, Salva.. Att. Soc. Ital. Set. Nat., 
vii.,p. 381 (1866), {India). 
Practically throughout Ceylon, India, Burma and 
Siam. 
1905 . (1418) Burhinus oedicnemus astutus. The Sind 
Stone-Curlew. 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. xxiii., p. 93 (1916), {Fao, Perxia). 
Transcaspia, E. Persia, Baluchistan and Sind. 
• Mr. Iredale points out to me that timelin’s name indica is founded on the 
plate of Miller. This is undoubtedly Syphvotes auTitu and therefore indica must be 
retained. 
