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It was a female, with the ovaries small, and it did not appear 

 to be breeding. 



140. Gallinago major (6m.); Blanf. t. c. p. 282 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1886, p. 492. 



121. S ad. 



I shot one Great Snipe on April 7th in the marsh at 

 Dasht-i-arjan (6700 ft.). 



Dr. Blanford had no record of it for Southern Persia. 

 Mr. Cumming obtained it in April at Fao (Sharpe, I. c), 

 and Dr. Scott writes that he shot one or two this winter 

 (1903) in a marsh near Shiraz. 



141. Gallinago cohlestis (Frenz.). 

 Gallinago scolopacinus Bp. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 283. 



122. <? ad. 



There were a good many Snipe at Dasht-i-arjan (6700 ft.) 

 on April 7th, and we saw a few on a marsh near Shiraz 

 (5200 ft.) on May 3rd, but by that date most of the birds, 

 which are common there in winter, had left. 



1 12. Machetes pugnax (Linn.). 



Tringa pugnax Linn.; Blanf. t. c. p. 281. 



252. ? ad. 



A remarkably tame Reeve was shot on April 26th on a 

 grassy plateau (7000 ft.) near Dasht-i-arjan. 



Dr. Blanford remarks that, according to Eichwald, this 

 bird is found on the Caspian. 



143. *Totanus calidris (Linn.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 285 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 492. 



I saw and heard Common Redshanks at Dasht-i-arjan 

 (6700 ft.) on April 6th. 



/ 144. Totanus ochropus Linn. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 285 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1891, p. 114. 

 111. <? ad. 

 A male was shot at Dasht-i-arjan (6700 ft.) on April 6th. 



145. Totanus hypoleucus (Linn.). 



Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 285. 



Totanus hypoleucus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 114. 



