276 Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 



Occurs in large flocks on the grass-farm and other suitable 

 places from the end of February till the middle of May (I 

 shot a single bird on the 17th). 



[1471.] Tkinga minuta. The Little Stint. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 63 (common in Chitral in 

 April and May) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 946 (Kashmir). 



Appears in small flocks towards the end of March, and is 

 abundant about irrigated fields and shallow tanks, in com- 

 pany with Sandpipers, till the middle of May. Not met with 

 in autumn. 



[1474.] Tringa temmincki. Temminck's Stint. 



Arrives and leaves about the same time as the Little Stint, 

 but unlike that species is almost always found singly. I 

 have only once met with it in autumn, on the 26th of 

 October. 



[1482.] ScoLOPAX RusTicuLA. The Woodcock. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 354 (Thall : a rare winter 

 visitor) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 354 (Quetta : winter 

 visitor) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 63 (resident in Lower 

 Chitral, but scarce) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 663 (nests freely in the 

 Murree Hills above 8500 ft.) ; Gumming, t. c. p. 695 (scarce 

 in Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 946 (breeds in Kashmir) . 



A winter visitor from November till the middle of March, 

 but not common : there are, however, several favoured spots 

 in the District which can usually be counted on to hold one 

 bird or more. In the gardens of Kohat itself some half- 

 dozen are shot every winter. 



[1484.] Gallinago cojlestis. The Common Snipe. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 3i6 (Thall : common in 

 March) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 354 (Quetta : fairly com- 

 mon) ; Fulton, op. cit, xvi. p. 63 (Chitral : a few noticed in 

 April) ; Cumming, t. c. p. 695 (Seistan : abundant from 

 September to April) ; Ward, op, cit. xvii. p. 947 (breeds in 

 Kashmir) . 



Passes through in varying numbers from the last week in 

 January till the middle of April. Few stay in Kohat, but 



