204 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS OBSERVED IN THE 



quite agree in size with Jerdon's measurements. The dimen- 

 sions of several of my specimens are as below : — 



Sex. Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill at front. 



S 4 3 in. 1-8 0-75 45 



$juv. 4*1 1-6 07 0-45 



g 41 (tail not perfect.) 178 075 045 



gjuv. 4 32 (tail 18) 175 7 42 



? 41 1-75 07 0'42 



,J 43 185 75 0-45 



?>». 425 1-75 07 045 



843.— Glareola lactea, Temm. (224 bis.) 



Stray Feathers, Vol. I., p. 440. 



I procured this Glareola about swamps and on the shores 

 of the salt pans (Leways") near the town of Hambantota* on 

 the south-east coast. Natives there affirm that it is resident 

 throughout the year with them, and, if this be the case, I have 

 no doubt that it breeds in February or March in the great sand- 

 hills near the town. I procured both old and young birds 

 during my stay there, and had adult specimens sent me in 

 October. Mr. Layard, who was a fellow passenger to Australia 

 with me in November last, informed me that he is almost sure 

 he saw Swallow plover, at times, about Point Pedro. 



Uotes m some §ivbs otebcb in ilje jklimiw SiUs, tot 

 Qf §m <§tet |fi|jan. 



By V. Ball, M.A., 

 Geological Survey of India. 



A few days spent on a geological tour in the northern 

 portion of Beluchistan and the south-east corner of Afgha- 

 nistan during last month (July), gave me an opportunity of 

 making some observations on the birds of that little-known 

 part of the country. Towards the end of the trip, when my 

 regular professional work was completed, I had leisure sufficient 

 to enable me to collect a few specimens. 



As to the character of the country in which these birds were 

 found much might be said ; but I shall limit my remarks to a 

 few words here.f 



* Spelt in my notes (antea, Vol. I., p. 489) Hawbantota by reckless P. Ds., who 

 murdered several other words, such as sexual into several, and so forth ! W.V.L. 



N.B. — Your former article was so — well, charmingly written, that you ought to be 

 thankful it ever got printed at all.— Ed., S. F. 



+ For an amount of the physical features and geological structure, reference may be 

 made to my paper on the Luni Puthan Coal in the Records of the Geological Survey, 

 Part III., 1874. 



