254 F. Stoliczka — Mammals and Birds inhabiting Kachh. [No. 3, 
being equal to the length of lower mandible from chin to tip, measured along 
the curve. 
901. Hydeophasianits sinensis. 
I have seen only a few specimens on the larger lakes. The species 
breeds in Cashmir. 
903. Fuxica atba. 
Is generally only seen on the larger lakes. One, rather a largo specimen, 
measures : wing 8'6, tail 2'3, tarsus 2 '5, mid toe with claw 3'S, bill to base of 
disk T9, from gape 1'5, height of bill at base 0*7. The bird is evidently an 
old one, it was one of a pair ; 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 cineeea. 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 475, tarsus 5, mid toe with claw 3 75 ; 
bill at front 3'5 inch. Comp. G. It. 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 11-25, tail 
4-25, tarsus 4-25, mid toe with ckw 3, bill at front 3 '6 5 inch. This speci- 
men was shot on 21st February ; it had the occipital crest not fully, but the 
dorsal train and lengthened pectoral feathers well developed. 
928. Demigeetta sacba, Gmel., — asha, Sykes. Not common. 
Comp. G. R. 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 3'9, mid toe 
with claw 2'8, bill at front 3 5 inch. 
929. Btrpmrs coiiomandus. Very common. 
Birds shpt 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 975, 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 3 '2 inch. 
930. Aedeola leucopteba. Not common. Wing 9 and tail 3-5 inch. 
931. Butoeides javanica. I have only seen, and shot, a solitary 
specimen, with the pale triangular spots on all the wing coverts. 
937. Nyctiabdea nycjticoeax, 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 
