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rule rest near. Often after a severe storm up the Valley they were 

 driven back. 



1411. Antiiropoides virgo (Vieill.)— The Demoiselle Crane. 

 Passed through in great numbers in April. I shot one out of a flock early 

 in the month, but usually they flew too high. 



1427. Glareola lactea (Temm.) — The Small Indian 

 Swallow-Plover. 

 Common at all seasons along the river. Bred freely on the stony islands 

 in the river during April, In May I found numerous unfledged young ones 

 unable to fly, they all possessed a remarkable facility for concealing 

 themselves, and in many instances I only found them through my dogs. 

 1431. Sarcogrammus indicus (Sharpe.) — The Red-wattled Lapwing. 

 Very common everywhere along the river, but more seem to come in 

 durinw April and breed freely. One nest I found was in rather a curious 

 place : it was on the highest point of a hill, a good 300 feet above the water, 

 and was made of a lot of small pieces of stone put together, 



143C. Vanillus vulgaris (Bechst.'^ — The Lapwing or Peewit. 

 Not common and only found when passing through. During heavy 

 wind and rain in February I saw one flock ( about twenty birds ), and 

 shot two. 



1437. CiiETTUSiA GREGARiA (I3onap.) — The Sociable Lapwing. 

 During April large flocks of these birds passed up the Kurram Valley. 

 They usually stayed a day or two near the river before passing up, I 

 must have seen about 300 passing one day, 



1447. yEaiALiTis Dur.iA CBlyth.) — The Little ringed Plover. 

 Very common, and a permanent resident. These birds are generally found in 

 small flocks of five to eight birds all along the river, but separate at the begin- 

 ning of May. On 21st May I shot a female with an egg ready for expulsion, 

 and a few days later found a nest with four eggs. Nest —a small depression 

 scraped among the pebbles in the bed of the river. This year owing to the 

 numerous floods many nests must have been destroyed. Eggs were of two 

 distinct types : one a pale sea-green profusely speckled with dark purple, and 

 the second a stone-colour speckled with almost black-purple, 



14G0. ToTANUS HVPOLEUCUS (Temm.) — The Common Sandpiper. 

 A common cold weather visitant everywhere near water. All had left 

 by the end of May, about which date I shot one or two, but they showed no 

 signs of breeding. 



1482. Scoi.oPAX RUSTicoLA (Linn.) — The Woodcock. 

 A rare winter visitant. One was shot a few miles up the Kurram river 

 about Christmas time, 



1484. Gallinago cielestis (Dresser.)— The Common Snipe. 

 Common on the marshes near the river during March. They are then 

 passing up the Kurram Valley, 



