THE IBIS 
No. XI. JULY 1861. 
XXIII .—Notes on Birds observed in Oudh and Kumaon. 
By Captain L. Howard Irby, 90th Begt. 
(Plate VII.) 
The following notes were made in Oudh, from October 1857 
to August 1860, with the exception of about two months, from 
April 15th to June 15th, 1859, during which time I was in the 
British Himalayan province of Kumaon. During the first part 
of the time, in Oudh, the disadvantage of being in an enemy’s 
country (for a long time without any kit) prevented my making 
notes; and many specimens which I obtained and skinned were 
lost or destroyed, either by insects or through being continually 
on the march. 
The province of Oudh is well situated for an ornithologist, 
containing every variety of soil; and bordering on the Nepalese 
hills is the “ Terai ” forest—a part very little explored, except 
by tiger-shooting sportsmen. The intense heat in the hot and 
rainy season confines a European to his bungalow, except for a 
couple of hours in the morning and evening; and even in the 
“ cold season,” from October to March inclusive, it is unplea¬ 
santly warm at mid-day; so that, on the whole, the disadvantages 
preponderate. 
The names here employed are the same as those used by Mr. 
Blyth in his f Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society’s 
Museum ’; and, unless otherwise stated, the notes apply to birds 
observed in Oudh. 
yol. hi. 
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