] 76 Lt.-Col. Sir O. B. St. John on the Birds 



belonged, T believe, to the Asiatie race. I was unable to 

 preserve it. 



184. tEgialitis cantiana (Lath.). 



185. -^GiALiTia cuRONicA (Gmel.). 



Both common in the cold weather above the passes. The 

 last remains in Kandahar till April. 



186. Vanellus vulgaris^ Bechst. 

 Common in winter. 



187. CiiETTUSiA leucura (Licht.). 

 Also common in winter. 



188. LoBiVANELLUs iNDicus (Bodd.). 

 Common everywhere. 



189. ScoLOPAx RusTicuLA, Linn. 



Fairly plentiful in suitable localities from October to March, 

 most numerous, perhaps, in the extensive orchards and vine- 

 yards on the Arghandab river above Kandahar. Here I have 

 known twenty killed by two guns in a couple of days. In 

 spite of the small amount of cover, a few are shot every 

 winter in Quetta. About the end of October 1887 I got one 

 in a small patch of wood in the Residency garden. 



190. Gallinago solitaria (Ilodgs.). 



A single specimen was procured by Dr. Duke near Kelat 

 in December 1877. It has not since been r^^corded. 



191. Gallinago celestis, Frenz. 



Snipe are very plentiful in Southern Afghanistan in suit- 

 able localities. A large marsh just outside the south gate of 

 Kandahar swarmed with them throughout the winter, but 

 better bags were made along the watercourses and in inun- 

 dated fields. They arrive early in September, and the strag- 

 glers remain until well into April. 



192. Limnocryptes gallinula (Linu.). 



Not very common, except in large marshes. They arrive 

 hiter and leave earlier than the full Snipe. My specimen, 

 in the Hume Collection, Avas shot on the 14th February. 



