Birds of the Jhelum District. 107 



Stints were noted about the sand-banks and mud-flats of 

 the river, and occasionally at ponds throughout the district, 

 singly, in parties, and in flocks, on numerous dates from the 

 5th of August until the 22nd of April. I am, however, quite 

 unable to tell the Little Stint and Temminck's Stint apart 

 without the aid of a gun, so have to lump the two species 

 together. The majority were seen from January until April. 



[Iris dark brown; feet gamboge, claws blackish; bill 

 lead-black. 



The August bird is in worn breeding-dress and has just 

 begun to moult.— C. B. T.] 



Tringa alpina. The Dunlin. 



I saw what appeared to be a few Dunlins in a large flock 

 of the smaller Waders on the 12th and 25th of January, but 

 no specimens were obtained. 



Gallinago ccelestis. The Common Snipe. 



A few were met with on different dates during the winter 

 in small patches of marshy ground. There is no good Snipe 

 jheel in the district. 



Gallinago gallinula. The Jack. Snipe. 

 883. 3.10.1913. Jhelum. Wing 115 mm. 

 Shot from a ditch by the golf-course. 

 [Iris brown ; feet pale grey-green ; bill lead-grey to black 

 at tip.— C. B. T.'] 



Larus ridibundus. The Laughing Gull. 

 886. 4.10.1913. Jhelum. Wing 305 mm. 



1348. 20.3.1914. „ ? . „ 298 mm. 



A number of these Gulls were noted on the river during 

 the spring migration in the latter half of March, and a few 

 were seen on the autumn migration in August and October. 

 An occasional bird may be found during the winter. 



The birds seen in March were mostly, if not all, im- 

 mature. 



[Iris brown; feet fleshy-orange, claws black; bill flesh- 

 pink with black tip. 



Both are young birds in first winter plumage. — C. B. T.] 



