178 Lt.-Col. Sir O. B. St. Jolm on the Birds 



205. Gallinula chloropus (Linn.). 



Rare. I obtained one specimen at Kandahar in April 

 1879. Colonel Swinhoe does not record it. 



206. PORZANA BAILLONI (Vicill.). 



207. PoRZANA PARVA (Scop.). 



Like Colonel Swinhoe^ I found both these Rails numerous 

 about the Kandahar marsh towards the end of winter*, and 

 I got them again at Quetta in the autumn of 1882. 



208. CicoNiA ALBA, Bcchst. 



Noticed occasionally, both at Kandahar and in Pishin, in 

 spring and autumn. 



209. Ardea cinerea, Linn. 

 Common. 



210. Ardea alba, Linn. 



Not uncommon about Kandahar. 



211. Ardea bubulcus. And. 



I obtained a single specimen at Quetta in May 1887, but 

 have never seen it before or since. 



212. Ardetta minuta (Linn.). 



Not uncommon at Kandahar in summer. I obtained speci- 

 mens in April, May, and June. 



213. BoTAURUS STELLARis (Liun.). 



Several Bitterns were shot each winter of our stay in 

 Kandahar. 



214. Nycticorax griseus (Linn.). 



There is a small colony of Night Herons in a garden near 

 Kandahar. 



215. Platalea leucorodja, Linn. 



I only once saw a Spoonbill, near Kelat-i-Ghilzai, but I 

 have heard of others being shot. 



216. Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.). 



A solitary bird of this species found here and there about 

 the country. 



* He says Jul;/, but obviously means Fehruarrj (Ibis, 1882, p. 123). 



