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, 1311.* The Red Turtle Dove — (Enopopelia tranquebarica (Herm.) 



''I have observed it.... at Ambala, where it is decidedly 

 rare" (Beavan.) Although in the Northern and Central 

 Punjab this dove appears to be a summer resident only I have 

 found it in small numbers throughout the winter with the 

 exception of January when I faiJed to note it. The numbers 

 increased about the end of March and I first heard the court- 

 ing note on the 29th of that month. 



1316* The Imperial Sandgrouse — Pterocles arenarius (Pall.) 



" Found in some numbers about Ambala about certain seasons. 

 But when I was there (November 1886), they had not arrived". 

 (Beavan.) 



Found to be common about Chamkaur from the 12th to the 

 14th of December, where great numbers were observed coming 

 to a drinking place in the marsh in the early morning and 

 flocks were found about the fi,eds in the evening. 



1317. The Painted Sandgrouse — Pterocles fasciatus (Scop.) 



After dusk on 10th November, when I was passing down the 

 Ghaggar Nala towards Chandighar, two birds settled at the edge 

 of the water amongst the stones to drink. Not being able to see 

 what they were, I shot one and found that 1 had secured a 

 female Painted Sandgrouse. 



Beavan states : " The late Dr. Scott received a pair killed 

 within 20 miles of Ambala from a native shikari, and writing 

 under date August 2, 1867, says : — This is the first time I have 

 heard of this species occurring in the neighbourhood of 

 Ambala." 



In my Father's ''Gamebook" under 26th January 1887 

 appear a couple of Painted Sandgrouse shot from a flock below 

 Kalka. 



1321.* The Common Sandgrouse — Fteronlwus ccustus (Temm.) 



" Abundant about Ambala. ... In the cold weather 

 . . . a male killed at Ambala on 16th November 1866." 

 (Beavan.) 



Met with not uncommonly during the winter at Mubariqpur, 

 Rupar, Chamkaur and Chandighar. Obtained by my Father 

 near Kalka. 



1324.* The Common Peafowl — Favo cristatus, Linn. 



Common and resident throughout the district. They are very 

 abundant in the low hill jungles about Chandighar and Kalka 

 where they fly well and without hesitation, affording some shots 

 worth taking. The local villages have no objection to their 

 being killed and are said even to eat them themselves. 



1328. The Red Jungle Fowl — Gallusfen-v.gineus (L.) 



" Far from uncommon .... under the hills near Ambala 

 in 1866, whence 1 procured a pair in the November of that year". 

 (Beavan.) 



The Jungle Fowl was very numerous in the low hiUs to the 

 N.-E. of Chandighar when I was there on 10th November and a 

 few were met with close to Kalka on 28th December. 



I also heard of it as being very common about Morni, and 

 indeed I believe it occurs all along the hills to their eastern limit 

 in the district, but I had no opportunity of verifying the fact 

 for myself. 



