424 Mr. H. Whistler on the [Ibis, 



along- the sands of both rivers from April to June. It is in 

 the main a summer visitor only, but on 2b December, 1918^, 

 I met with a party oE four on a ploughed field in the riverain 

 by tamarisk scrub not far from a channel of the river ; 

 three of these were successfully taken by my Falcons. 



Cursorius gallicus gallicus (Gm.). (4 skins.) 



The Cream-coloured Coursser was only met with in winter 

 from November (earliest dates 13 November, 1917 ; 30 

 November, 1918) until February (latest dates 28 February, 

 1918 ; 26 February, 1919 ; and 18 February, 1920). It 

 frequently consorts with the next species. On one occasion 

 I flew a Shahin Falcon at a party of three Cream-coloured 

 Coursers on a wide plain, against the advice of my falconer, 

 who said that it was impossible to take these Plovers. He 

 was right. As soon as the Falcon Mas on the wino- the 

 Coursers rose, and they escaped her with the greatest ease, 

 outpacing her and rising to a great height in the air. 



Cursorius coromandelicus (Gm.). (1 skin.) 



In winter this (Jourser is generally distributed in small 

 numbers throughout the riverain area, to which it is more 

 restricted than C. gallicus. I suspect that it is a resident 

 species, although my records do not bridge the gap between 

 April and August, as the areas that it inhabits are difficult 

 to visit in the hot weather, and on 3 and 4 August, 1919, at 

 Chiniot I saw a party of four birds, of which two appeared to 

 be immature. 



Glareola lactea Temm. (1 skin.) 



A summer visitor to the rivers, where it breeds in colonies 

 from April to June. The earliest date on which I have met 

 it is 24 March, 1918, and the latest date is 28 August, 1919, 

 when a flock of twenty to thirty birds was hawking over my 

 garden in the evening. 



Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus L. (1 skin.) 



Only observed in the winter of 1918-1919, when a feAv 



were noted about the Chenab River in November and 



Decembei. 



