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briDg in quantities of these eggs, and though we supposed them to 

 belong to this species, we had a bird shot to make certain. Fortunate- 

 ly, a female was shot with a fully-formed egg in her, so all doubts were 

 satisfactorily settled. 



1402. Gallmulla chloropus. — Moor Hen. — The commonest of the 

 water birds of Kashmir. Eggs in June and July. 



1429. llt/drophasianus cJiirugus. — The Pheasant-Tailed Jacana. — 

 Very common on the large Kashmir lakes where we got eggs in June 

 a ad July. 



1431. Sarcogrammus indlcus. — Red Wattled Lapwing. — Fairly 

 common. Eggs in May and June.- 



1447. j^gialitls dubea. — Little Ringed Plover. — This bird was com- 

 mon on the islands of the Jhelum River where we got eggs in May 

 and June. As noticed by Blanford, page 243, we found two distinct 

 types of these eggs. 



1460. Totanus hypoleucus, — Common Sandpiper. — Fairly common. 

 On the islands sand banks of the Sind River, we found several nests 

 in May and June. They generally contained 4 eggs, the nests con- 

 sisting of slightly built and shallow cups of grass and roots usually 

 placed in the centre of grass clumps. 



1454. Gallinago coelestis, — Common Snipe. — We came across about 

 6 couple of these birds on the SumbuJ marsh. We found several of 

 the nests, but only two contained eggs. The nests placed in the centre 

 of a clump of thick grass or bracken, were shallow cups of dried coarse 

 grass without lining of any kind. We put the bird off the nest on two 

 occasions. The first nest contained four beautifully fresh eggs and the 

 second two. One of these eggs was fresh and the other broken 

 and badly addled ! Though the snipe never left the marsh during our 

 search, we heard nothing of the drumming noise, but on several 

 occasions noticed a bird hovering over its nest before settling. 



1488. Rostratida cajyensis. — Painted Snipe. — Very common. Eggs 

 in May and June. 



1496. Hydrochaledon hyhrida. — Whiskered Tern. — Very common. 

 We raided a colony of these birds on 22nd June, taking a few 



eggs. 



1570. Ardetta minuta. — Little Bittern. — Common on the Anchar and 

 Woolar Lakes. We found several nests in June on the former, usually 



