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are : — Length, 14f ; wing, 8£ ; tail, 3 ; bill from gape, 2£ ; tar- 

 sus, 3f ; mid toe and claw, 1 f . I have sent the bird to Mr. Hume ; 

 the plumage is evidently changing ; the head is white with a 

 black spot in front of the eye; the crown is spotted, each feather 

 edged white with black shaft and blot; the back dirty grey ^sca- 

 pulars steel grey ; tail ash grey, tinged rufous ; primaries black 

 with white shafts, the inner web shading oif into white, secondaries 

 with inner webs nearly all white, and the tertiaries brown grey ; 

 lesser coverts white, edged with grey, and the greater coverts of 

 the same type as the Gulls ; axillaries white. The birds when 

 seen at once strike you as being strange; their walk is slow with 

 a run like a -Curlew's, and they rise on the wing very much as 

 the Gulls. They fly well but slowly with a stroke very unlike the 

 quick short paddle of the Oyster Catcher. I could not discern 

 the pectination of the middle claw described, by Mr. Legge 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. III., p. 223. 



I now add some notes which may be of interest. 



818. — {Francolinus vulgaris). Shot some Black Partridge at 

 the Hubb River on 1st September — the young birds half fledged 

 and able to fly. 



829. — (Coturniz comnninis). The Grey Quail were in at the 

 Hubb on 1st September. Bishop and I shot some on the 2nd. 

 The Rain Quail were there at the same time with their young 

 fully fledged and cutting about. Ninety-seven birds were shot 

 near Tatta between 23rd and 26th September; (1 gun in 8 

 hours) and the Grey Quail were reported as all gone by the 

 3rd October. Fair bags were also made in the early part of 

 the year between 24th and 28th February. 



In 1874, a trying year most monsoony and stormy, Rain 

 Quail arrived in great plenty about beginning of September, and 

 then Grey appeared a fortnight after. 



In 1872 Bishop during week reported Quail from Arabia 

 landing at Keamaree. Shot with Brand at Mulleer, 22nd Sep- 

 tember. Saw plenty and in some instances covies of 6 or 7 

 rising from one bush — parents and young. Shot at dawn daily 

 — 2 brace singled out as being very ashy in color. Another 

 note in the same year is — Lots arrived in Sindh 3rd week in 

 September after hot land winds. 



In Upper Sindh the Grey has been known to arrive as early 

 as 16th August. 



830. — {Coturniz coromandelica). The Rain Quail were in full 

 breeding at Sapoora on 7th August, and the young were run- 

 ning about at the Hubb on the 1st September when the Grey 

 came in. 



887. — {Honiara Macqueenii). A Tilaor was sent me by Brand 

 on 20th September from Joongshao. A bird had been reported 

 as seen on the hills in the vicinity three weeks previously. 



