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\2i. PUCRASIA MACROLOPHA (LcSS.). 



The Koklass was not uncommon in the forest above Gund ; 

 we saw it several times, and heard it crowing almost daily 

 there in May. 



125. Caccabis chukar (J. E. Gray). 



This bird was very common on the hills round Srinugger, 

 and about the mouth of the Sind Valley at Gandarbal. 



126. COTURNIX COMMUNIS BoUU. 



We saw a good many Quails while walking along the banks 

 of the Jhelum between Sopur and Srinugger in April. We 

 did not see or hear them later, so think that they merely passed 

 through on migration. 



127. JilGIALITIS DUBIA (ScOp.) . 



This bird was common about Gandarbal on the flat banks 

 of the Sind River there. It had small young, unable to fly, 

 at the end of June. 



128. LoBivANELLus iNDicus (Bodd.). 



This bird we did not notice in May, but it was common 

 along the Sind Biver from its mouth as far as Kagan. 



129. ScoLOPAX RUSTicuLA (Linn.). 



We found the Woodcock by no means uncommon in the 

 wooded hills from Kagan to Gangadgir, though we saw none 

 further up at Sonamurg. On the 24th and 25th May we 

 obtained two clutches of its eggs, consisting of four slightly 

 incubated and three fresh eggs, and on the 28th May I 

 found a pair with small young ones, and distinctly saw 

 one of the old birds carrying a young one between its feet or 

 legs. It flew only some 50 yards, but though I followed 

 at once, I not only failed to find the young bird, but could 

 not even put up the old one again, and on returning could 

 not find a young one that I had previously noticed on 

 the ground. 



130. Gallinago ccelestis (Frenzel). 



We saw three Snipe near the Woolar Lake in April on our 

 way to Srinugger. 



