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Scolopax rusticula — Wood Cock. — A few are shot every cold weather rotmd 

 Quetta. 



Gallinago ccehstis— Common Snipe, Full or Fan-tail Snipe.— In suitable 

 places in the cold weather ; not numerous, as there is very little ground for 

 them. 



Gallinago gallinula— Jack Snipe. — Met with occasionally in the cold weather. 



Larus rklibundus — Laughing Gull. — I saw large flocks of this gull on Khushdil 

 Khan tank in March. They are fairly common in the cold weather. 



Pekcanus roseus — Eastern White Pelican. — Have seen them migrating at Batar 

 Kuchh in February. 



Phalacrocorax carlo — Large Cormorant. — I saw a few at Khushdil Khan in 

 March ; not common. 



Ardea cinerea — Common Heron. — Not uncommon in suitable plaees in the 

 cold weather ; they were numerous at Khushdil Khan in March. 



Herodias alba — Large Egret. — Fairly numerous at Khushdil Khan in 

 February. 



Phcemcopterus roseus — Common Flamingo. — I saw a large flock of these birds, 

 probably 200 or 300, at Khushdil Khan in March, I suppose migrating, as they 

 did not alight. 



Tadorna cornuta — Sheldrake. — Rare. I saw two at Khushdil Khan tank in 

 March, but did not shoot one. 



Casarca rutila — Ruddy Sheldrake, or Brahminy Duck. — Passes through in 

 February-March. 



Anas boscas — Mallard. — Common in the cold weather in suitable places. 



Nettium crecca — Common Teal. — Common in the cold weather in suitable 

 places. 



Dafila acuta — Pintail. — Generally distributed in suitable places in the cold 

 weather ; not very numerous. 



Spatula chjpeata — Shoveller.— Fairly numerous in suitable plaees in the cold 

 weather. 



Marmoronetta angustirosiris — Marbled Duck.— Not common. I shot two at 

 Khoshdil Khan in February, but there were not many there at that time. 



Netta rufina — Red-crested Pochard. — Common in suitable localities in the cold 

 weather. 



Nyrocaferina — Pochard or Dunbird. — Common in suitable localities in the 

 cold weather, 



Nijroca ferruginea — White-eyed Duck. — Not very numerous. A fair number in 

 February at Khushdil Khan. 



iVyroca fuligula — Tufted Duck. — This bird was common in Khushdil Khan 

 tank in March, but in February there were very few. 



Erismatura leucocephala— White-headed Duck. — I saw a lot of about six in 

 Khushdil Khan in February, of which I shot two. 



Mergm albellus— Smew.— Common in the cold weather in suitable places. 

 Podicipes albipennis— Indian Little Grebe or Dabchick.— This bird was com- 

 mon at Khushdil Khan in February-March. 



