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2.25. cJ. April 21st, near Naksh-i-Bahram (3300 ft.). 



359. ? . May 25th, Pa Dinar (8000 ft.). 



On the banks of the streams there were a few Common 

 Sandpipers. I also saw a good many in the Pa Dinar district 

 (7000 to 8000 ft.) at the end of May, and it seemed likely 

 that the birds might be breeding there, but a male shot on 

 May 25th had the testes small. 



Mr. Cumming obtained two immature specimens at Fao 

 on September 10th (Sharpe, /. c). 



Dr. Blanford observed it only in winter. 



-f-146. *Numenius ph^opus (Linn.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 286 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 188G, p. 492. 



-} 147. *Numenius arquata (Linn.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 286 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 492. 



A few seen at Bushire, March 18th. 



-f- 148. ^Egialitis dubia (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 492, 

 1891, p. 113. 



JEyialitis fluviatilis (Bechst.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 279. 



256. S- April 27th, Dasht-i-arjan (6700 ft.). 



There were a few Little Ringed Plovers on most of the 

 streams with shingly or sandy beds. Some seen in the 

 Pa Dinar region at the end of May certainly had the appear- 

 ance of breeding birds, and the male shot at Dasht-i-arjan 

 had the testes considerably swollen. 



Dr. Blanford saw a bird near Shiraz in June, and concluded 

 that it " probably breeds on the plateau." 



149. Chettusia leucura (Licht.). 



Chettusia villotm (Sav.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 280. 



Chettusia leucura (Licht.); Dresser, Ibis, 190.2, p. 177, 

 pi. vi. figs. 1 & 2 [eggs]. 



276. $; 277. $ ; 278. ? . May 3rd, Shiraz (5200 ft.). 



There were a good number of these Plovers nesting on the 

 short grass on the borders of a marsh near Shiraz on 

 May 3rd. 



The eggs, which are much like those of the Lapwing, have 

 already been figured in this journal by Mr. Dresser (/. c). 

 The nest he describes as a mere heap of dry herbage, but 



