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202. Chettusia gregaria (Pallas). 



Two specimens were secured, a male and a female, one in 

 each year, in the beginning of April, when the birds were 

 apparently passing up from the south. The male had another 

 one with it at the time of being shot. No others were seen 

 alive ; but one was picked up apparently freshly killed by a 

 Falcon. Both specimens are in full summer plumage. The 

 axillaries and inner lining of the wing are pure spotless 

 white. 



203. LoBivANELLus iNDicus (Bodd.)"^. 



A single one was heard, but not secured, by Dr. Scully on 

 2nd June, after dusk. There could not be much chance of 

 mistaking the cry for that of any other bird. 



204. Anthropoides virgo (Linn.). 



One specimen was brought to me alive in September. 

 Two flocks were seen on 29th August late in the evening, in 

 very heavy weather, flying west. They appeared to have just 

 come down from the Pamirs by the Hunza valley. 



205. ScoLOPAx RusTicuLA, Linn. 



A winter visitant. During the severe winter of 1877-78 

 Woodcocks were not uncommon, generally keeping to the 

 small watercourses made for irrigational purposes. I have 

 never seen any in the summer, though they probably breed 

 in the valley. A single specimen in the collection, shot in 

 January, has the pale tone of colouring which characterizes 

 so many of the birds in this locality. 



206. Gallinago solitaria (Hodgs.). 



A few occur in winter and spring, at heights of from 

 5000 to 9000 feet. I have never noticed them in the 

 summer. A specimen shot in January has the pale lines 

 formed by the edges of the outer dorsal and scapulary feathers 

 nearly pure white, and a good deal of white intermixed with 

 the pale bands on the wing-coverts and secondaries. 



207. Gallinago scolopacina, Bonap. 



The ground is not sufficiently favourable to induce Snipe 



• [I subsequently obtained a specimen.^J. S.] 



