I919.] E.C. Stuart BAKER: Birds. 129 
[Coot live in enormous flocks among the reed-beds of the’ 
Hamun. Large numbers are caught for food in nets stretched across 
channels in the reed-beds into which the flocks are driven by men on 
tutin or rafts. The nets are stretched on sticks stuck into the mud, 
their lower edge being in the water and their upper edge about 2 feet 
above the surface. N.A.] 
45. Cursorius gallicus (Gmelin). (1423). 
1905. Cursorius gallicus, Cumming, op. cit., p. 694. 
No. 24681; Khwaja Ahmed, April 1903, not sexed. 
2.4082 ; 3 », 1903, ,, 
* 24683 ; Nadali, Helmand, March 1903, z 
”) 
+) 
46. Chettusia leucura (Licht.). (1438). 
1905. Chettusia leucura, Cumming, op. cit., p. 694. 
@. No. 24677; ? no date. 
@. ,, 24678; Shahgul on Rud-i-Pariun, 23.3.1903. 
9. ,, 24679; Nadali, Helmand, March 03. 
@. ,, 24849; Nasratabad, 6.5.05. 
The White-tailed Plover is an exceedingly common bird in 
suitable parts of Persia and has been found breeding in great num- 
bers during the Mesopotamian campaign, the nests being placed, 
as a rule, in small patches of raised land in the marshes. The eggs 
number three or four, most often the latter. 
47. Aegialitis dubia jerdoni, Legge. (1447). 
1905. Aegialitis dubia, Cumming, of. cit., p. 694. 
@. No. 24854; Kuhak, 1.4.04. 
@. 4, 24855; » 9.5.05. 
These specimens, which are both in full breeding plumage, be- 
long, as we should expect in birds obviously breeding, to the Indian 
race of Little Ringed Plover. The wings measure about IIo mm., 
the yellow base to the bill is very distinct, especially in one bird, 
and the black on the forehead is very narrow. (See Hartert and 
Jackson, Ibis 1915, pp. 531-3.) 
48. Himantopus himantopus (Linn.). (1451). 
1905. Himantopus candidus, Cumming, of. cit., p. 6y4. 
@. No. 24836; Kuhak, 3.9.04. 
Q. ,, 24837; Khwaja Ahmed, 24,4.05. 
@. ,, 24838; Kuhak, 3.3.04. 
Of the two females only the second is fully adult. 
49. Limosa limosa (Linn.). (1456). 
1905. Limosa belgica, Cumming, op. cit., p. 695. 
o@. No. 24852; Nasratabad, 6.5.05. 
o. .,,. 25491; Lab-i-Baring, 12.12.18: 
Ors Pe 25 AO2 > - E2:12.15. 
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