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of its nests, with five, four, and a sin^^le egg, at that place 

 on the 21st and 22nd June. 



140. Ardea cinerea Linn. 



Common in the valley, where it is strictly preserved. We 

 saw some of its empty nests on willows in one of the lakes. 



141. Ardetta minuta (Linn.). 



Very common on the Dal Lake and in the marshes round 

 Gandarbal at the end of June. It was then breeding, and 

 in a couple of mornings we took some 20 of its nests. They 

 were in patches of rushes and other weeds, and were very 

 slight structures ; the greatest number of eggs in a nest was 

 six. The female is very tame, and several times allowed 

 herself to be caught on her nest. 



142. Nycticorax griseus (Linn.). 



We saw a pair of Night-Herons at Srinugger on the 27th 

 April. 



143. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 



We saw many Shovellers on the Woolar Lake in April, 

 and again on the 21st June we saw three on a marsh at 

 Gandarbal. On the 27th June our boatmen shot one on the 

 Woolar Lake, but it was much out of condition, and may 

 have been a wounded bird. I think, however, that finding 

 three together so late in June makes it probable that some 

 must remain and breed in Kashmir. 



144. Anas boscas Linn. 



Noticed on the Woolar Lake in April and again in June. 

 We found what was probably a nest of this bird at Gandarbal. 

 It contained a rotten egg and the remains of others, but had 

 been submerged by a rise in the water. 



145. Chaulelasmus streperus (Linn.). 



146. Querquedula crecca (Linn.). 



147. Querquedula circia (Linn.). 



We saw small flocks of these three Ducks along the Jhelum 

 and on the Woolar Lake in April. 



