180 Col. K. Meinertzliagen on the [Ibis, 



bird and a youngster just able to fly, but the reeds were so 

 thick that I was unable to make further investigations. 



Platalea leucorodia. 



}\ I. major Tennn. & Schleg. 

 There was a flock of over a hundred at Khushdil on 20. x., 

 and a few in November. A small party of fourteen visited 

 ihe same lake on 17. y. 



Ciconia alba. 



C. a. asiatica Sev. 

 This large form of the European AYhite Stork is repre- 

 sented by a single bird in the Qiietta Museum, obtained at 

 Kahan on 13. ix. 10. J never saw White Storks near Qnetta. 



Ciconia nigra (L.). 



I saw solitary birds near Quetta in October, at the end of 

 April, and in November. A specimen in the Quetta Museum 

 was shot locally on 18. iii. 



Plegadis falcinellus (L.). 



Frequently seen in large flocks on the spring passage, and 

 in summer as late as 12. vii. It is curious wliat a lot of 

 purely gypsy flocks of birds wander about when they should 

 be breeding. I have noted this fact among Pelicans, Storks, 

 and Herons when the birds have been to all appearances fully 

 adult. Can it be that these larger birds miss a year, or are they 

 sutfering from the impotence of old age, or is it pure laziness 

 which prevents them re- visiting their lu-eeding haunts ? 

 Among Waders, Gnlls, and Ducks I believe that (hose which 

 hang about in summer are all non-breeding immature birds, 

 even though they may be in breeding dress, but among 

 Storks and Herons I have certainly killed fully adult and 

 healthy birds in midsummer in both tropical India and 

 Africa, in places remote from any known breeding haunts. 



Phcenicopterus roseus Pall. 



I saw a flock of thirteen near Quetta on 1.5, iv. 

 A large flock settled on Khushdil Lake in early Mav, and 

 proved to be so exhausted that Mr. A. B. Aitken captured 



