428 Mr. H. Whistler oti the [Ibis, 



may be met with ;it any time during the winter at any suit- 

 able jheel or pond from October to March. One was seen 

 as late as 30 April in 1918, and five or six as early as 



25 September in the same year. 



Tringa nebularia (Gunner.). 



The Greenshank is a common winter visitor to the district, 

 and may be found whenever looked for from the beginning 

 of October to the end of Februaiy. In J^Iarch it becomes 

 less common, but occasional birds may still be seen in April. 

 It is never entirely absent, as I have notes of single birds 

 seen on 4, 7, and 28 April and 15 May, 1918, and on 18 

 and 25 May, 1 June, and 14 July, 1919 ; but these records 

 probably refer to non-breeding stragglers rather tlian to 

 early or late migrants. 



The autumn migration begins early in August and con- 

 tinues throughout September. 



Tringa stagnatilis (Bechst.). (4 skins.) 



The Marsh-Sandpiper was observed in small numbers 



during the spring and autumn migrations of 1919 ; that is 



to say, several were seen about the Massan jheels daily from 



26 to 29 March, and a few were seen in the flooded riverain 

 near Chund bridge on 22 August. Several were also 

 noticed about the Massan jheels in December, both in 1917 

 and 1918. Its actual status requires further elucidation. 



Himantopus himantopus himantopus (L.). (3 skins.) 



The Stilt appears as a not uncommon passage migrant in 

 the first half of April and again in the second half of August 

 and in September. Occasional birds are to be seen during 

 the winter months. It is curious to note that both the 

 specimens preserved — obtained on different dates — were only 

 winged at my first shot, and yet both immediately continued 

 feeding without any a})pearance of alarm. 



Limosa limosa (L.). 



Single birds were seen in 1918 on 21 March at Pir Abdul 

 Rahman jheel, and on 30 November near Chund bridge. 



