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seen after the 1st February. One or two, I was informed, 

 are also occasionally found in the orchards in the Pisheen. 



162. Gallinago solitaria, Hodgs. 



One shot by Dr. Duke at Khelat in December. 



163. Gallinago gallinaria (Gm.). 



Common in suitable places everywhere throughout the 

 winter. 



164. Gallinago gallinula (Linn.). 



Came in with the very cold weather about Christmas, and 

 were fairly plentiful all through January, after which they 

 disappeared again. 



165. LiMOSA /EGOCEPHALA (LiuU.) . 



Kandahar, 1 ?, 2,3,81. 



Shot out of a number on the march near Kandahar on the 

 2nd March. Appeared to be passing through the country. 

 Ovary fairly developed. 



166. Machetes PUGNAX (Linn.). 



Kandahar, 2 S , 4/3,81 ; Do., 1 S , 9,3,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 11,3,81; 

 Do., 1 ? , 15,3,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 22,3,81. 



Arrived in large flocks in the beginning of March, passing 

 through ; remained about three weeks. Testes and ovary of 

 the eleven specimens I examined all small and contracted. 



167. Tringa minuta, Leisl. 



Kandahar, 1 ? , 5,4,81 ; Chaman, 1 ^ , 7,4,81. 



A summer visitor. I saw several at Kandahar just before 

 we left; and I again saw it at Gungazai, Syed Yarroo, and 

 Kushdil Khan in the beginning of May. The ovary of the 

 female above noted was full of eggs just beginning to deve- 

 lop. Against the male I have no note. 



168. ToTANUS GLAREOLA (Liim.). 



Gungazai, 1 ? , 1,5,81 ; Kushdil Khan, 1 ^ , 2,5,81 ; Quetta, 

 1(^,2,5,81. 



I obtained no specimens of this bird in the Kandahar dis- 

 trict; but I imagine it had not arrived when we left. There 

 were plenty of them on the streams in the Pisheen ; and all 



