192 Col. R. Meinertzliagen on the [Ibis, 



Erolia ferruginea (Briian.). 



Only ^^'tiii on ^^])^illg [jjissage, when it was coninion at 

 KlmslKlil from 10. v. to 20. v., in full breedino-pliimage. 



Erolia alpina. 



E. a. alpina (L.). 



Noted on autumn passage on 30. xi., and again sparingly 

 in spring between ItJ.v. and 20. v. travelling with ('urlew 

 Sandpipers. The s[)ring birds were in full breeding-plumage. 



Erolia canutus. 



E. c. caimtas (L.). 

 A female was obtained on 2(5. Hi. at Khushdil. This was 

 a solitary bird, and no others were observed. 



Philomachus pugnax (L.). (^ = Machetes pugnax.) 

 Only noted on spring passage, when large flocks ap})eared 

 at Seranan and Khushdil throughout March. None of the 

 males showed any signs ot breeding-plumage. 



Tringa totanus (Ti.). 



I saw Redshanks at Khushdil on 19. v., when three rested 

 there on their northward pissage. One was obtained on 

 20. X., from a flock of eight. 



Tringa erythropus (Pall.). { = T. /kscks.) 

 1 shot one from a flock of eight feeding on some flooded 

 flelds near Khushdil on 26. x. 13. No other records. 



Tringa nebularia (Giinn.). 



A female in the Quetta Museum shot locally on 9. xi. is 

 the only record. 



Tringa stagnatilis (Bechst.). 



A female shot at »Seranan on 15. viii. constitutes the only 

 record. 



Tringa ochropus L. 



The commonest Sandpiper in autumn, winter, and spring, 

 a few remaining throughout the year anl ascending streams 

 to over 8000 feet. No evidence of breeding. 



