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215. Tringoiues hypoleucus (Linn.). 



I obtained an adult male from the Deosai plain in July, 

 and two immatui'e birds and one adult in Gilgit on 7th, 

 17th, and 25th xVugust. The young birds are almost entirely 

 white on the uuderparts of the neck and breast, and have the 

 wing-coverts completely covered with fine banded markings 

 of black and reddish brown. 



216. ToTANUs GLOTTIS (Linn.). 



I procured three specimens in Gilgit on the 10th, 14th, 

 and 17th August. 



218. ToTANUs CALiDRis (Liuu.) 



I procured three specimens, all males in summer plumage, 

 in the beginning of August. 



219. HiMANTopus CANDiDUS, Bonu. 



A specimen shot in Gilgit 10th August. 



229. Ardetta minuta (Linn.). 



During the summer of 1880 I procured two specimens in 

 Gilgit — one, a male in full plumage, in July, the other, a 

 female in immature plumage, on 29th August. 



230a. Falcinellus igneus (S. G. Gmel.). 

 I procured a young male in nearly full plumage on the ICtli 

 September. 



245. Larus ichthyaetus, Pallas. 



In my former paper on the birds of Gilgit (Ibis, 1881, 

 p. 101), under the name of L. ctffinis (Reinh.), I noticed a 

 specimen obtained 26th August, 1876, which has since been 

 pronounced to belong to L. ichthyaetvshy Mr. Howard Saun- 

 ders, who has favoured me with the following note : — 



'' This specimen is a bird of the first year, just going to 

 moult ; that is to say, it was hatched about June 1875 ; its 

 plumage is therefore rather more than a year old, and is con- 

 sequently considerably worn and abraded. All immature 

 Gulls of the same size are somewhat alike at the first glance ; 

 but L. ichthyaetus, jr., may be distinguished by the following 

 characteristics : — In L. affinis, L. fuscus, L. argentatus, &c. 

 the tips of tbe secondaries are edged with white, forming a 



