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the 8th of March. Every effort was made by me and others to procure the 

 eggs of this Bustard in Seistan, but without success. 



55. The Great Stone-Plover. (1410) Esacus recurvirostris. 

 Two slightly incubated eggs, corresponding in colour and markings to eggs 

 I have in my collection and measuring 2*06 by P5, were found at Kuhak by 

 some camel men not far from the Rud-i-Seistan, and brought to me on 5th 

 June 1904. This is a little later than finds recorded in India, where according 

 to Blanford, the Great Stone Plover lays between February and May, though 

 I myself once discovered two highly incubated eggs us late as 3rd June on the 

 seaborder, at Karachi, in 1887. This, however, was due to my unwittingly 

 having destroyed a down-covered bird, which J came across at dusk, on the 

 28th April 1887. Keeping a regular look out for the parent birds, I found 

 that they did not desert the locality, and that, having been deprived of their 

 only offspring — there was only one — they laid again. 



56. The Cream-coloured Courser. (1423) Cursorius gallicus. 

 This Plover is to be found all along the Helmand and its numerous branches. 

 I saw a small covey between Lower Khwaja Ali and Landi Barechi on the 

 10th February 1903 and two live birds were sent to Colonel A. H. McMahon, 

 C.S.I., C.I.E.,at Nad Ali, on the 5th March 1903. I have also seen them in 

 Seistan in April, so that they must breed in the country. 



57. The Lapwing or Peewit. (1436) Vanellus vulgaris. 

 Procurable in Seistan, though I have not myself shot any specimen. 



58. TnE White-tailed Lapwing. (1438) Chettusia leucura. 

 The only specimen I have seen in Seistan was one shot and sent me by 

 Mr. E. A. McManus, of the Indian Government Telegraph Department, from 

 Nasratabad, on the 6th May 1905. It was a male and measured 1P25" in 

 length. 



59. The Golden Plover. (1440) Gharadriw pluvialis. 

 This bird has been seen by some of the officers of the Mission in Seistan, 

 but it does not appear to be very common. 



60. The Little Kinged Plover. (1447) sEgialitis dubia. 

 This Little Plover is rather plentiful along the banks of the rivers and 

 streams. I shot a specimen (length 6") on 1st April and a second on 

 9th May 1905 near Kuhak and have seen others during the summer, when 

 I feel sure the bird must breed in Seistan. 



61. The Black-winged Stilt. (1451) Himantopus candidus. 

 A solitary female I shot near Khwaja Ahmad on 24th April 1905, measured 

 14". I subsequently, i.e., on 13th May 1905, received two birds shot by 

 Mr. McManus, of the Telegraph Department at Nasratabad. 



62. The Curlew. (1454) Numenius arquuta. 

 Very common along the shores of the Hamuns during the winter. I 

 have not seen any during the summer months and so am unable to say whether 

 this species stays to breed in Seistan or not. 



