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Tribe.— LATITORES (Coots, Rails, &e.) 
Fam.— PARRID/E (Jacanas.) 
Sub-Fam PARRINiE (Jacanas.) 
900. Parra indica {Lath.) The Bronze-winged Jacana.—Descr. 
Jerdon, III, and “ S. F.” Ill, 184 ; IV, 19; VI, 464. 
Loc. Recorded from Gujarat. Permanent resident I believe. 
Not common, and very locally distributed. 
901. Hydrophasianus chirurgus ( Scop. ) The Pheasant-tailed 
Jacana.—Descr. Jerdon, III; “ S. F.” I, 249 ; III, 185 ; 
IV, 20; VI, 464; VII, 489. 
Loc. Recorded from Sind, Cutch, Kathiawar, and Gujarat. 
Permanent resident, probably in localities where the water 
remains the whole year round. Tolerably common throughout 
the region. 
Fam. —RALLIDtE (Water Hens, Coots, Rails, &c.) 
Sub-Fam. —GALLINULINiE (Coots, Water Cocks andWater Hens.) 
902. Porphyrio poliocephalus {Lath.) The Purple Coot.—Descr. 
Jerdon, III; also vide “ S. F.” I, 249 ; III, 185 ; IV, 20 ; 
VI, 464 ; VII, 22. 
Loc. Recorded from Sind, Cutch, Kathiawar, and Gujarat. 
Probably a permanent resident where the waiter does not dry 
up. Common, but less so in Cutch, where there are not many 
localities suited to it. 
903. Fulica atra (Lin.) The Common Bald Coot.—Descr. Jer¬ 
don, III ; “ S. F.” I, 249 ; VI, 465. 
Loc. Recorded from Sind, Cutch, Kathiawar, Gujarat, and 
Mount Aboo. Seasonal visitant, except, perhapsj on large 
pieces of water that do not dry up in the hot weather. Rare 
at Aboo, common throughout the remainder of the region in 
the cold weather. 
904. Gallicrex cinereus ( Gviel .) The Bengal Water Cock.—Descr 
Jerdon, III ; “ S. F.” II, 300; III, 187; VI, 466. 
Loc. Recorded from Sind. Migratory. Very rare and only re¬ 
ported hitherto from the Eastern Nara and Muncher Lake. 
