178 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on the [Ibis, 



Circus seruginosus. 



(\ (I'. (triiii'inosKS (L.). 

 Not =0 common as the Hen Harrier, but can always be 

 seen in suitable places from October to March, being most 

 plentiful in November. Two were obtained. 



Accipiter badius. 



A. l>. ccnchroidei^ (Severtz.). 

 A scarce bird of passage in October and April. I obtained 

 males on 17. iv. and 1.x. and a female on 21. x. A pair in 

 the Qiielta Museum was shot locally on <S. iv. My specimens 

 comjiare well Avith the series in the British Museum. 



Accipiter nisus. 



^1. n. nisoslmilis (Tick.). 



Never seen from April to July in the plains, but of common 

 occurrence near Ziarat in June, where it probably breeds. 

 It is particularly common round Quetta in October and 

 November. Four were obtained, a male's wing measuring 

 333 mm. and that of a female 435 mm. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus. 



/'. o. onocrotdiiis L. 

 A female in the Quetta Museum was obtained locally on 

 14. xii. I saw Pelicans at Seranan on lb iv., and (here were 

 several at Khushdil on 29. iv. 



Phalacrocorax carbo (L.). 



A few are generally to be seen at Khushdil and Seranan 

 from November to July. It is curious that these birds 

 remain so far inland and so far from the breeding grounds 

 in the summer, for I have seen fully adult birds in breeding- 

 plumage at Khushdil in June. None were obtained. 



Ardea cinerea. 

 A. c. c'iiurea L. 



I have seen Herons during every month of the year, but 

 chiefly in March, April, and October. I have not heard of 

 their breedino; in northern Baluchistan. 



