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(1462) Totanus ochropus. — The Green Sandpiper. 

 Common in Lower Chitral along the river bank in March and April 

 and beginning of May. I am certain they breed in the country 

 although I obtained no eggs. 



I found numbers of them at the head of the Turikho Valley at 

 elevations of 9,000 to 14,000 feet in July. 



(1471) Tringa minuta.— The Little Stint. 

 Common in April and May along the river bed, evidently on their 

 northward migration. 



(1480) Phalaropus hypbrboreus. — The Red-necked Phalarope. 

 Only one specimen, a male, was obtained at Drosh on 14th September. 



(1482) Scolopax rusticula. — The Woodcock. 

 Not numerous. Present throughout the year in the wooded valleys 

 of Lower Chitral (5,000 feet). 



Specimens were obtained in Utzun in January and May, Bimboret 

 (6,000 and 7,000 feet) April, and Shishi Koh (7,000 feet), June. 

 Evidently breeds in the country. 



(1484) Gallinago c^lestis. — The Common Snipe. 

 Only a few noted at Drosh the third week in April on their north- 

 ward migration. 



(1486) Gallinago solitaria. — The Himalayan 

 Solitary Snipe. 

 Not common. One specimen was obtained in December at the 

 mouth of the Shishi Koh (4,000 feet), two in the Bimboret Valley at 

 7,000 feet (March), a few others were also seen there. 

 In May I saw a pair in the Pattison Valley at 6,000 feet. 

 ORDER XVIII.-GAVI^]. 

 Family Laridce. 

 (1490) Larus ridibundus .— The Laughing Gull. 

 Only one specimen, a female, was obtained at Drosh on 9th March. 

 ORDER XIX.— STEGANOPODES. 

 ORDER XX.— TUBINARES. 

 ORDER XXI.— HERODIONES. 

 Sub-order Ardece. Family Ardekice. 

 (1555) Ardba cinerea.— The Common Heron. 

 A female was obtained on the 9th March at Drosh (4,000 feet) and 

 several passed through at the end of March, flying north. I saw a pair 



