9i Major J. Biddulph on the Birds of Gilgit. 



blackish lines ; primaries liair-brown, with large irregular 

 buff spots on the outer margin. 



195. CoTURNix COMMUNIS (Boun.). 



Seen at intervals all through the year. In April becomes 

 common, and breeds in May. Eleven eggs ready to hatch 

 were brought to me on 26th June. 



196. Otis tetrax (Linn.). 



A male in winter plumage was shot on 27th March on a 

 stony plain overgrown in places with coarse grass, about six 

 miles from Gilgit. It weighed 21^ ounces. Another was 

 seen at the same time. The natives say that a pair or two 

 are to be found in the same place every summer ; so they 

 probably breed there ; but I doubt if the bird is to be found 

 anywhere else in the district, as the ground is hardly suitable 

 to it. 



197. Charadrius fulvus, Gm. 



After I left Gilgit, Dr. Scully secured a specimen during 

 the autumn migration. 



198. iEciALiTis CANTiANA (Lath.). 



A single specimen, a female, procured at Gilgit on the 

 20th September. 



199. ^GIALITIS PHILIPPENSIS (ScOp.) . 



Tolerably common in April and May, in full breeding- 

 plumage. 



200. ^GIALITIS HIATICULA (LiuU.). 



Dr. Scully writes that after my leaving Gilgit he secured 

 a specimen of this species. 



201. Vanellus VULGARIS (Bcchst.) . 



A few are to be seen at all times scattered about during 

 the winter. In March they collect into flocks of twenty or 

 thirty, and disappear about the 25tli. 



Jerdon mentions that the only distinction between the 

 sexes is in the size of the crest ; but the few specimens col- 

 lected seem to show that the females never have the lores, 

 chin, and throat black like the male. The colours of the 

 male also are much more intense. 



