194 On the Birds of Que/ta. [Ibis, 



Larus argentatus. 



L. a. cacldnnans Pall. 



A flock of twenty-four of these Yellow-legged Herring- 

 Gulls stopped a day at Klmslidil on 17.iv. 14. No otlier 

 record. 



Larus ichthyaetus Pall. 



A female in the Qiietta Museum was shot at Seranan on 

 29.iii. 10. I never observed this species. 



Podiceps cristatus. 

 P. c. cristatus (L.). 



Summer visitor to Klmsbdih In 1913 three nests with 

 eggs were found by Mr. Aitken on 12. viii., one clutch con- 

 sisting of five eggs. In 1914 there was only one pair at 

 Khushdil, and I do not think that tbey bred, though they 

 were there throughout June and July. There are specimens 

 in the Quetta Museum shot at Khushdil in March. 



Podiceps nigricollis. 



P. n. nigricollis Brehm. 



Tbere were none at Khushdil in 1913. In 1914 five pairs 

 arrived during the first week of May, and on visiting the 

 lake asain on 20. vi. I found them tbere in hundreds and 

 located over seventy nests with eggs, all confined to about 

 an acre of water two feet deep. The nests were entirely made 

 of weed-stalks, and measured from 15 to 18 inches across at 

 the top. They mostly contained three eggs; two contained 

 five eggs. In only a few cases were they concealed by 

 weeds. 



Unfortunately, owing to a heavy rainfall about 27. vi., 

 the water rose two feet, flooding all the nests, which were 

 firmly attached to the bottom. On revisiting the lake on 

 11. vii. not a nest was to be seen and all the birds had left. 



This case of the Eared Grebe nesting in northern Baluchi- 

 stan is interesting, as showing that the species probably 

 migrates in flocks, that it breeds in colonies, and that it 

 firmly attaches its nests to the weeds at the botlom, foi- the 



