188 Col. R. Meinertzliagen on the [Ibis, 



Porzana jrarva (Scoj).), 



This species lias been ol^serveil passing tbrongb Quetta 

 on migration (Blanfortl. F. B. I.). I never observed it. 



Porzana pusilla. 



P.^y-pusilla (Pall.). 

 I obtained specimens at Quetta on 24. viii. and 31.viii., 

 about which time the bird was common, though not seen at 

 any other time. 



Porzana porzana (L.). 



I obtained a male on 31.x. There are specimens in the 

 Quetta Museum obtained locally in October and November. 



Porphyrio poliocephalus (Lath.). 



Marshall saw seven or eight of these birds in a reed-bed 

 near Quetta in August (B. N. H. S. xv. p. 351). 



Fulica atra. 



F. a. atra ( L.). 

 I obtained a partial albino at Khushdil on li.iii. These 

 birds are common throughout the year at Khushdil, and 

 occasionally come to the Lora River. Though there were 

 hundreds at Khushdil in May, June, and July, there was not 

 a sign of their breeding, and so tar as I couM ascertain this 

 occurs ever}' year. 



Chlamydotis undulata. 



C. II, niaci/iieeiii (Gray). 



Only observed during" the spring [tas^age, when large 

 numbers arrive on the plains l)et\veen Rishin and the Kwaja 

 Aniran range in late March and during April, taking a 

 heavy toll of the young wheat. 



As many as sixty have been shot l)y four guns in a day. 



Hydrophasianus chirurgus (►Scop.). 



A solitary individual of this unmistakable species put in 

 an appearance at Khushdil on 11. vii. 1-1, having doubtless 

 strayed from Sind, where it is common. 



