MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 525 



No. XI.— ALBINO SNIPE. 



When shooting with Mr. W. V. Nicholas at Pithoro in Sind last week he shot 

 a partially albino full snipe {Gallinago coelestis). The head and neck, back 

 primaries and breast are white, tinged and barred in places with rusty yellow. 

 The wing coverts are of the usual colour. Mr. Nicholas has presented the 

 specimen to the Society's collection. 



H. GILL. 



Bombay. 24/^ Febnian/ 1909. 



No. XII.- FLAMINGOS IN THE N.-W. FRONTIER PROVINCE. 



On 2 1st of October last I saw a large flock of flamingos flying east down the 

 Kabul River. They were flying quite close down and were unmistakable, but it 

 was early in the morning and few saw them. They were about 500. They 

 were the large Flamingos {Phanicopterus roseus). On the 7th iiistant I saw 

 another large flock flyirg west up the Kabul river and again more on the 8th, 

 possibly parts of the same flock. I mentioned it to Captain Bogle of the 

 Guides, who has lived at Mardan for some years, and he told me that he had 

 never heard of them in this province. However he told me yesterday that 

 within the last few days several birds have been seen in the neighbourhood of 

 Mardan which are undoubtedly Flamingos. The dates may be of interest. 

 This would seem to be quite a likely route for them on their migration, but I 

 have never seen them except on the dates mentioned. 



W. P. C. TENISON, R.A. 



NowsHEEA, \m March 1909, 



No. XIII.— OCCURRENCE OF THE BAIKAL OR CLUCKING TEAL 

 {NETTiON FORMOSUM) IN THE PUNJAB. 



I am sending for the museum a teal which, as far as I can make out, is the 

 Baikal or Clucking Teal, and if I am correct in my identification this will make 

 the fifth authenticated specimen shot in India. 



The bird was shot by Mr. A, B. Aitken, of the Irrigation Department, close 

 to the Behranwala Canal escape, Lyallpur District, on dth February 1909, and 

 sent to me for identification, Mr. Aitken has kindly given me the skin for 

 presentation to the Museum if it is of any use to you. The skin had unluckily 

 been dressed with salt before I got it, and it may be rather difficult to preserve 

 now. 



The skin agrees with the description of the Clucking Teal given in " Indian 

 Ducks and their Allies " with the exception of the head which is not black, the 

 back also is not quite the same nor the colouring of the feet, but they may 

 have changed colour before I got the skin, otherwise the feathering corresponds. 



J. LINDSAY SMITH, Capt. 

 LvAl.U'UK, Pl'NJau, 2Uh February 1909. 



[The Specimen proves to be a Baikal or Clucking Teal {Ne'tio»/i>rvw^>im) and has been 

 added to the Society's Collection.— Eds.] 



