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Mr. H. Durnford on some Birds observed 
Erismatura ferruginea. 
A single bird shot on the 24th November in a ditch up 
the valley, was the only one I saw, though I was informed it 
was not uncommon. 
CoLTJMBA MACULOSA. 
Common throughout the valley, being found in flocks about 
the wheat-stubbles, and breeding in the willows bordering the 
river. 
Fulica leucopyga. 
Very common. Found on almost every piece of water in 
the valley, but avoiding those where there is any current. 
Breeds numerously in the neighbourhood of the village. 
Thinocorus rumicivorus. 
Common. Seen most frequently on the higher stony pla¬ 
teaux, but occasionally in the valley. On the 3rd November, 
whilst Guana co-hunting, we flushed two from a patch of dry 
sandy ground, some three hundred feet above the sea, and at 
least twelve miles from any water. During my visit this 
species was undoubtedly breeding in the neighbourhood, 
though I did not discover any eggs. 
Vanellus cayennensis. 
Common throughout the valley, breeding whilst I was there. 
Not seen on the hills. 
Oreophilus ruficollis. 
Common throughout the valley, frequenting the driest 
ground, and occasionally seen on the hills. A pair, observed 
on the 29th November in the dry bed of an old lagoon, 
amongt coarse stunted grass, from their actions, I am in¬ 
clined to think, were nesting, though my search for eggs was 
unsuccessful. 
f~pHALAROPUS WILSONI. 
Common, swimming gracefully in the still pools formed by 
the eddies of the river and in nearly all the adjacent stagnant 
ditches. Usually seen in pairs. 
BHYNCHA3A SEM1COLLARIS. 
Bare. I observed a single bird on the 27th November on 
