122 Lieut. -Col. C. Swiuhoe on the 



the above specimens proved on dissection to be in breeding- 

 condition. 



169. ToTANus ocHROPUS (Linn.). 



Kandahar, \S, 30,12,80; Do., 1?, 6,1,81; Do., 1 c^ , 

 1,2,81 ; Do., 1 c?, 9,2,81 ; Kushdil Khan, 1 ? , 2,5,81. 

 Common everywhere throughout the winter. 



170. ToTANUS HYPOLEUCUS (LiuU.). 



Quctta, 1 ? , 7,5,81. 



I did not procure any specimen of this bird in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Kandahar ; it had probably not come in when 

 we left. It is, however, I understand, a summer visitor, and 

 is common everywhere throughout the summer. 



171. ToTANUs GLOTTIS (Liun.) . 

 Kandahar, l^, 6,1,81 ; Do., 2 ? , 8,2,81. 



A winter visitor. Fairly common on the banks of the Ar- 

 gendab river throughout the winter. Appeared to leave the 

 country early in March. 



172. ToTANUS CALIDRIS (LiuU.) . 



Kandahar, 1 ? , 9,1,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 11,1,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 

 24,1,81 ; Do., 1 c? , 1 ? , 9,2,81 ; Do., 1 S , 30,3,81. 



Also a winter visitor. Common throughout the winter on 

 the banks of the Argendab river. 



173. HiMANTOPUS CANDIDUS, BoUU. 



Kandahar, 1$, 27,3,81 ; Do., \S, 5,4,81. 

 Arrived in some numbers in the middle of March. 



174. PORPHYRIO POLIOCEPHALUS (Lath.). 



Kandahar, 1 ?, 13,3,81. 



Besides the above I only met with two during my stay in 

 the country — one bought at Quetta-alive on the 30th August, 

 and a tame one that lived in the transport square at Kandahar 

 throughout the winter. 



175. FuLicA ATRA, Liuu. 



Kandahar, 1 ? , 17,2,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 22,2,81 ; Do., 2 ? , 

 23,2,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 25,2,81 ; Do., 1$, 26,2,81. 



Also shot at Quetta by Dr. Duke in November. These 



