436 On the Birds of Jliang District. [Ibis, 



Gallinula chloropus chloropus (L.). (1 skin.) 



The Water-Hen occurs in fair numbers on the larger 

 jheels and ponds, such as Pir Abdul Rahman, Nurpur, and 

 Pabbarwala, where I have seen it in December, January, 

 and March. It must, I think, be only a winter visitor, as 

 Pir Abdul Rahman jheel usually dries up in the summer 

 months, and I could find no Water-Hens at Nurpur in the 

 month of July. One was brought to me alive on 8 May, 

 1918, which had been caught in the District Board garden 

 at Jhang. This was clearly a migrating bird, as no suitable 

 pond for the species is to be found for miles around. 



Fulica atra L. 



The Coot is common on the Nurpur Escape jheels in 

 winter, where I have seen it in Docemlier, January, and 

 February. None were to be seen there on my visiting the 

 place in July, so I presume that it is a w^inter visitor only. 

 Two were seen at Massan on 21 November, 1917, and a few 

 at Pabbarwala jheel on 24-25 December of the same year ; 

 but none were afterwards seen in these localities. 



Francolinus francolinus asiae Bp. (7 skins.) 



The Black Partridge is a resident, and is found in fair 



numbers, though nowhere particularly abundant^ throughout 



the riverain area. It does not occur in the other parts of 



the district. 



Francolinus pondicerianus interpositus. (2 skins.) 



A resident, and generally distributed throughout the dis- 

 trict, in some places being fairly numerous. 



Coturnix coturnix coturnix (L.). 



The status of the Quail in this district appears to be very 

 variable. During the winter of 1917-1918 it was found in 

 fair numbers from the beginning of November until the end 

 of March. One was seen on 7 May. Some appeared in 

 September 1918, doubtless on passage; but after that I did 

 not meet with it until February and March 1919, when there 

 were again a few about on the return passage. Two or three 



