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F. Stoliczka — Mammals and Birds inhabiting Kaclih. [No. 3, 
971. FutjTX* cbistata. Not common. 
975. Podiceps minor ? = Philippensis, Bonn. = minor, var. /?., Gm. 
Very common. 
Wing 4 to 4'25 ; tarsus T3 to 1'4, mid toe with claw 2, bill at front 
07 to 0'8, from gape l’l to l - 2 inch. 
980. L ARC'S (ChbOICOCEPIIAIjTTS) BBTOICEPHALTTB.t 
Not common, except along the coast and locally in the Rann. The 
respective measurements of two specimens are : wing 12 '3 and 13 '4, tail 
4'4 and 4'8 ; tarsus 2 and 2'22 ; mid toe with claw T65 and l - 8 ; bill at 
front 1-3 and P5 ; from gape 2'2 and 2 6 inch. The iris is chocolate brown, 
bill yellowish, black towards tip ; feet yellowish brown. The quills are black; 
except towards the base, and beginning with the fourth all have a small 
white tip, gradually increasing in extent on the succeeding feathers. Both 
specimens, although somewhat small in size, agree perfectly in coloration, 
which does not appear to differ from the whiter plumage of this bird, as 
usually recorded. 
983. Gelichebidon NILOTIC a, Hasselq., = anglica, Mont. 
Local, and not common, except on or along the Bann. Average measure- 
ments of three birds, with the loreal region blackish, the occiput and top of 
head ashy white, and the grey primaries externally tipped darker on both webs : 
wing 11'2 to 11-8 ; tail 4 '5 to 4'8 ; tarsus 13 to 1'35 ; mid toe with claw 
1T5 ; bill at front P35 to 1'5 inch. Iris, feet and bill entirely black. 
984. HrilEOCUELIDON INDICA. 
I saw a considerable number of these birds on the tanks in the Bann 
islands, Pacham and Kharir, but scarcely any on the tanks in Kachh proper. 
Iris and bill in fresh specimens black}: ; feet blackish brown. 
1005. Geacbxtjs carbo. Not uncommon on the larger lakes. 
1007. Geacbltjs (Micbocabbo) melanognathus, Brandt. 
G. R. Gray (Hand!, Ill, 129) gives javanicus of Horsfield as a syno- 
nym of the above, but he allows niger, Vieillot, as a distinct species from 
‘ S. Asia.’ 
1008. P LOTUS MEL ANO CLYSTER. 
I met with only solitary specimens of both this and the preceding 
species. 
* FuUx, Sundev., 1835 = Fuligula, Seph., ex parte ; vide G. E. Gray, Hand!, 
Ill, 86. 
+ Gould has besides this and ridibundus a new species, named Tibetanus. 
1 In dried specimens the bill has distinctly a reddish tinge. 
